flunkey

flunkey |ˈflʌŋki |(also flunky ) ▶noun ( pl. flunkeys or flunkies ) chiefly derogatory a liveried manservant or footman. • a person who performs relatively menial tasks for someone else, especially obsequiously. DERIVATIVES flunkeyism noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (originally Scots ): perhaps from flank in the sense ‘a person who stands at one's flank ’.

flunkey

flunkey noun 1 a flunkey brought us a bottle of champagne: liveried manservant, liveried servant, lackey, steward, butler, footman, valet, retainer, attendant, factotum, houseboy, page. 2 government flunkeys searched his offices: minion, lackey, hireling, subordinate, underling, servant, retainer, vassal; puppet, spaniel, pawn, tool, creature, instrument, cat's paw; informal skivvy, stooge, sucker, yes-man; Brit. informal poodle, dogsbody; N. Amer. informal gopher.

flunkey

flun key /flʌ́ŋki /名詞 複 ～s ＝flunky .