| lackey Mar 27th 2013, 01:01 | | | | Line 37: | Line 37: | | | {{trans-top|a fawning, servile follower}} | | {{trans-top|a fawning, servile follower}} | | | * Chinese: | | * Chinese: | | − | *: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|走狗|tr=zǒugǒu|sc=Hani}} | + | *: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|走狗|tr=zǒugǒu|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|狗腿子|tr=gǒutǔizǐ|sc=Hani}} | | | * Danish: {{t-|da|lakaj|c}} | | * Danish: {{t-|da|lakaj|c}} | | | * Dutch: [[lakei]] {{m}}, [[slaafje]], voetvaag | | * Dutch: [[lakei]] {{m}}, [[slaafje]], voetvaag |
Latest revision as of 01:01, 27 March 2013 [edit] English [edit] Alternative forms [edit] Etymology Middle French laquais, which is probably (via Old Provençal 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 القاضي (al-qāḍi, "magistrate"). See French laquais. [edit] Pronunciation lackey (plural lackeys) - A footman, a liveried male servant.
- A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle.
[edit] Translations a fawning, servile follower lackey (third-person singular simple present lackeys, present participle lackeying, simple past and past participle lackeyed) - (transitive) To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously
- (intransitive, obsolete) To toady, play the flunky
[edit] References Online Etymology Dictionary. 2008  |  |
