- a variation of lackey.
lacquey
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Sir Percy Blakeney had not gone out fortunately: the lacquey who opened the door to my lord Tony stared astonished and almost paralysed for the moment at the extraordinary appearance of his lordship.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
"I'll be no man's lacquey; I'm a gentleman."
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus
At this moment the door opened, and the lacquey announced: "Monsieur le Comte de Valdemar; Ma'm'selle la Comtesse de Valdemar."
From The World Masters by Griffith, George Chetwynd
It was curious to observe the others as they sate or stood around this semblance of a lacquey; counts, barons, and generals, all like him, hats in hand; not like him intending departure.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
She went out and ordered her lacquey, who was the only determined one of her suite, to make himself master of Holst’s chariot and arquebuses.
From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina
The other lacqueys ran away, but Christian was seized.
From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina
To Ghent he went, and sought an audience, but was put off and baffled by lacqueys and pages.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
The lacqueys carried torches, and the page his master’s cloak.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
And yet we live in a grander state, Sunbeam and I, than the millionaires Who dine off silver or golden plate, With liveried lacqueys behind their chairs.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
This castle is the property of the Marquise de Gange," she said, haughtily, "and the lacqueys who dwell therein eat her bread.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
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