lacquey
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lacquey — var. of LACKEY. * * * lacquey, lacquie, y see lackey … Useful english dictionary
lacquey — /lak ee/, n., pl. lacqueys, v.t., lacqueyed, lacqueying. lackey. * * * … Universalium
lacquey — n. servant; person who grovels v. lackey, serve, function as; grovel before, be servile in front of … English contemporary dictionary
lacquey — /ˈlæki/ (say lakee) noun (plural lacqueys) 1. → lackey (defs 1 and 2). –verb (t) (lacqueyed, lacqueying) 2. → lackey (def. 3) …
lacquie — lacquey, lacquie, y see lackey … Useful english dictionary
Lackey — A lackey or lacquey is a term for a uniformed manservant, in its original meaning (attested 1529, according to the OED ).The modern connotation of servile follower appeared later, in 1588 ( OED ). [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lackey… … Wikipedia
Francis Barber — (ca. 1735 – 1801) was the Jamaican manservant of Samuel Johnson in London from 1752 until Johnson s death in 1784. Johnson made him his residual heir, with £70 a year to be given him by Trustees, expressing the wish that he move from London to… … Wikipedia
lackey — /lak ee/, n., pl. lackeys, v., lackeyed, lackeying. n. 1. a servile follower; toady. 2. a footman or liveried manservant. v.t. 3. to attend as a lackey does. Also, lacquey. [1520 30; < MF laquais, perh. < Catalan lacayo, alacayo < ?] * * * … Universalium
lackey — /ˈlæki / (say lakee) noun (plural lackeys) 1. a footman or liveried manservant. 2. a servile follower. –verb (t) (lackeyed, lackeying) 3. to attend as a lackey does. Also, lacquey. {French laquais, from Spanish lacayo foot soldier} …
lackey — n. & v. (also lacquey) n. (pl. eys) 1 derog. a a servile political follower. b an obsequious parasitical person. 2 a a (usu. liveried) footman or manservant. b a servant. v.tr. ( eys, eyed) archaic behave servilely to; dance attendance on.… … Useful english dictionary
