LACK'EY, noun [Latin lego, to send.] An attending servant; a footboy or footman. LACK'EY, verb transitive To attend servilely. LACK'EY, verb intransitive To act as footboy; to pay servile attendance. Oft have I servants seen on horses ride, the free and noble lackey by their side.
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