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   flunkey

   /ˈflʌŋki/

   noun

   • 1. a liveried manservant or footman. derogatory Similar liveried manservantliveried servantlackeystewardbutlerfootmanvaletretainerattendantfactotumhouseboypage
   • ▪ a person who performs relatively menial tasks for someone else, especially obsequiously. derogatory Similar minionlackeyhirelingsubordinateunderlingservantretainervassalpuppetspanielpawntoolcreatureinstrumentcat's pawinformal:stoogesuckeryes-manbitchpoodledogsbodyskivvygopher

   Word Origin mid 18th century (originally Scots): perhaps from flank in the sense ‘a person who stands at one's flank’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flunkeyism noun

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