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
She might envision herself as Team Dumbledore, who is gay, by the way, but it’s clear she’s merely one of Grindelwald’s lackeys, which is perhaps why the whole film feels so inert and uncommitted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
Every capitalist went about with a gang of lackeys who—” The old man brightened again.
From "1984" by George Orwell
