flunky
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈflʌŋki/
- Offensive
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lacayo
- As a flunky, she was always assigned the least interesting tasks in the office.
- Just a flunky
- two flunkies
- staff flunkies
And one of Cathcart's flunkies sent me this.
- And one of Cathcart's flunkies sent me this.
Examples
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He was tired of being treated like a flunky instead of a valued team member.
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Walter was a flunky, both in the court of public opinion and in that of a sentencing judge.
Fiction book (1999) -
What are you, his flunky?
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So he had some staff flunky send me a fruit basket.
Fiction book (1995) -
All his flunkies do his dirty work.
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How frustrating being stuck as someone's flunky when you're capable of more.
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I mean, if I don't graduate, I'm going to be somebody's flunky.
Fiction book (1996) -
You're just a flunky; you're a sidekick.
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Caspar orders Tom to go with two of his flunkies to pick up Bernie.
Academic text (2001) -
Two identical twin flunkies sit across from him, grinning stupidly.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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7.9
A person others make fun of or who does what they are told
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7.3
A person who does small jobs and gets things for others
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7.3
A person who does small, unimportant jobs for other people
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9.0
A man who works as a servant in a rich house and obeys orders
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8.1
A person who always agrees with people in power to please them
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9.0
A close friend you spend time with
A person seen as not important who follows orders
A person who does basic physical work to help others, like cleaning or lifting
Antonyms
How Servile
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flunky originally named a uniformed 'servant' or footman who ran small errands for a boss, so today a flunky means someone who does small, obedient tasks for a powerful person.