plural lackeys
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a
b
: someone who does menial tasks or runs errands for another
2
: a servile follower : toady
Examples of lackey in a Sentence
Noun
He was nothing but a spineless lackey of the establishment.
a celebrity surrounded by his lackeys
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
That means, of course, she’s now been phased out of her role as a factory lackey in dystopian near-future Brazil due to her age.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 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
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, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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Noun
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
That means, of course, she’s now been phased out of her role as a factory lackey in dystopian near-future Brazil due to her age.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 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
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, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Lackey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lackey. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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