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
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
"Really!" she said, "one might think that the Vicomte de Talizac was strong enough to conquer a lacquey!"
From The Son of Monte-Cristo by Lermina, Jules
It is better to be a lord than a lacquey to a lord!
From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William
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
Here a mob of armed servants, of lacqueys, and foot-boys, some bearing torches, and some carrying their masters' cloaks and galoshes, loitered to and fro.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
"Your pardon for this intrusion, milor," she said coldly, "your lacqueys gave me to understand that you were from home."
From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
"And they are a thousand times more amusing than that tiresome old duke, with his silver candlesticks and stork-legged lacqueys," laughed the Gallmeyer.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
Chariots and horsemen, torch-bearers and lacqueys, followed in order.
From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy
At the same moment two lacqueys held aside the heavy curtains which hung on the inside of the doorway, and the latest arrivals entered.
From The World Masters by Griffith, George Chetwynd
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