lacquey

[ lak-ee ]

noun, verb (used with object),plural lac·queys,lac·queyed, lac·quey·ing.

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Of course the Earl's nominee, his lacquey, as the honourable gentleman might be called, would be returned.
Phineas Finn | Anthony Trollope
Any one serving a big man, whatever the service may be, is the big man's lacquey in the People's Banner.
Phineas Finn | Anthony Trollope
Upon this the lacquey instantly threw open the door and called out the names of the new-comers.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography | Louis Spohr
He should remember Dryden's quaint admonition not to 'lacquey by the side of his author, but to mount up behind him.'
Charmides | Plato
Until the hour when they turned me out of their house like a dishonest lacquey, without allowing me a word of explanation.
The Bronze Eagle | Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

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