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
They all jump on a call to one of Lukas Mattson’s lackeys, where Shiv waves away a question about which one of them is the leader, saying, “We’re a pretty fluid group.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 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
No one must hear what he was about to say, especially not one of his lackeys.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
