flunky

Or flun·key

[fluhng-kee]

noun

plural

flunkies 

1. a male servant in livery.

2. an assistant who does menial work.

3. a toady; yes-man.

flunky

/ ˈflʌŋkɪ /

noun

1. a servile or fawning person

2. a person who performs menial tasks

3. derogatory,  a manservant in livery

Other Word Forms

• flunkyism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of flunky¹

First recorded in 1775–85; perhaps alteration of flanker

Word History and Origins

Origin of flunky¹

C18: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

If they roamed the halls they might be mistaken, just, for some low-level commercial bankers at Wells Fargo, or flunkies at mortgage lenders, such as Option One: nine-to-fivers.

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He knew exactly who was on the other end of the negotiation, who had told one of his flunkies to call up and ask for a meeting in Geneva.

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His purges of "RINOs" and apostates and the elevation of flunkies and sycophants made the Republican Party into a dysfunctional party of weirdos and cranks.

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Blow up the federal government by firing tens of thousands of civil servants and replacing them with obedient flunkies.

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If Hannity were anything but a Trump flunky he would have at least followed up and asked him exactly what plans he had to accomplish those two things on "day one."

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