lackey

noun

ˈla-kē How to pronounce lackey (audio)
Definition of lackeynext
as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services we sent the lackey out to get doughnuts for the office

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Recent Examples of lackey The problem is, Reigns still acts like a heel while Jey Uso, despite winning the Royal Rumble and becoming world champion, is back to being his lackey. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026 After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026 Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests. — Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026 Using new professional management and corporate integration techniques to take advantage of the circular death-spiral, Morgan and his lackeys consolidated 67 percent of the country’s steel production under the umbrella of the largest company the world had ever seen, US Steel. — Joe Wilkins Published Mar 4, Futurism, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lackey
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servant
Noun
  • Particularly for a character like this, who is literally a servant and has to exist in the hollows created by other people in that world — that’s a very useful tool for me as an actor.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Screen vet Leguizamo most recently played Eumaeus, Odysseus’ faithful servant and friend, in Christopher Nolan and Universal’s box office juggernaut The Odyssey.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of servant

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“Lackey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackey. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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