lacquey
Americannoun
plural
lacqueys, lacqueyed, lacqueyingExample Sentences
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She stood guard over us—the good creature!—for two mortal hours, and when the door at length was opened by a grand lacquey, had the satisfaction of seeing us step through the very first.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
They ran after him might and main, Andrea leading, and the princess's lacquey next.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
She married him, and treated him like a lacquey.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
On either side of Mr. Darrel's horse marched a lacquey bearing a flambeau, and the marshal's page was in attendance with his master's cloak.
From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy
Satisfied with her conclusions, she therefore went straight into the boudoir where the lacquey said that Monsieur le Duc was waiting.
From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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