lackey
noun
a servile follower; toady.
Example Sentences
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“All of his lackeys are lining up to try to make everybody else’s life miserable to make their boss feel good.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Julius is a child of the aristocracy who prefers the company of servants, lackeys and the working-class members of his neighborhood in Miraflores.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Australia's spy chief last week hit out in his annual security threat assessment at former military pilots who turn to working for authoritarian regimes, describing them as "lackeys, more 'top tools' than 'top guns'".
From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2023
Matt: I’m a real sicko for the tense department meetings and jockeying lackeys we see in “Andor,” the glimpses of the massive imperial bureaucracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
“Well, then. We’re hunting for Pyce’s traitorous lackeys and we’re going to take their ship and we’re going to free Miss Nita, and take back our company from the usurper.”
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
