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Word entry · 6 letters

lackey

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"Servile helper"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlæ.ki/Part of speech nounSorted aceklyStarts with LEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a male servant (especially a footman)

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French laquais, which is probably (via Old Occitan lacai?) from Spanish lacayo, itself perhaps from Italian lacchè and Greek λακές (lakés), from Turkish ulak. Another possibility is through French, from Catalan alacay, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid). See French laquais.

Used in a sentence

  • [T]he ebbed man, ne'er loved till ne'er worth love, Comes deared by being lacked. This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide, To rot itself with motion.
  • So dear to Heav'n is Saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried Angels lacky her […]
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