Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - lackey
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(lackeys) If you describe someone as a lackey, you are critical of them because they follow someone’s orders completely, without ever questioning them. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle French laquais Date: 1523 1. a. footman 2, servant b. someone who does menial tasks or runs errands for another 2. a servile follower ; toady II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1568 intransitive verb archaic to serve as a ~ ; toady transitive verb to wait upon or serve obsequiously ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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. Phrases and idioms lackey moth a moth, Malacosoma neustria, developing from a brightly striped caterpillar. Etymology: F laquais, obs. alaquais f. Cat. alacay = Sp. ALCALDE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1529, from M.Fr. laquais "foot soldier, footman, servant," probably from O.Prov. lacai, from lecai "glutton, covetous," from lecar "to lick." Alternate etymology is via Fr. from Catalan alacay, from Ar. al-qadi "the judge." Sense of "servile follower" appeared 1588. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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