lack·ey (lăk'ē)
n., pl., -eys.

1. A liveried male servant; a footman.
2. A servile follower; a toady.

v., -eyed, -ey·ing, -eys.

v.tr.
To wait on as a footman; attend.

v.intr.
To act in a servile manner; fawn.

[French laquais, from Old French.]

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