lacquey

[ lak-ee ]

/ ˈlæk i /

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

a variant of lackey.

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Words nearby lacquey

laconism, La Coruña, Lacoste, lacquer, lacquer tree, lacquey, Lacretelle, Lacrima Christi, lacrimal, lacrimal bone, lacrimal duct

How to use lacquey in a sentence

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