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# lackey

«lackey» in Mova's school dictionary: **a male servant in uniform who waits on rich people and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lackey, lackeys)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lackey is a male servant in uniform who waits on rich people and opens doors for them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lackey/#m1)

2) A lackey can also be a person who obeys others weakly and without thought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lackey/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales the lackeys are the servants of a king or a rich lord; they are often proud, rude or silly

### examples

- The lackeys opened the great gates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lackey/#x1)
- The lackey brought the king a silver cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lackey/#x2)
- Do not be a lackey for anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lackey/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lackey» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lackey/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.