lackeying

Variant of lackey

lackey definition

lackey (lak′ē)

noun pl. lackeys -·eys

  1. a male servant of low rank, usually in some sort of livery or uniform
  2. a follower who carries out another's orders like a servant; toady

Etymology: Fr laquais, a lackey, soldier < Catalan alacay < Sp lacayo, lackey, footman < OSp alcayaz < Ar alqā'īd: see alcaide

transitive verb, intransitive verb lackeyed -·eyed, lackeying -·ey·ing

Now Rare to serve as a lackey

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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