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flunkey

[ fluhng-kee ]

/ ˈflʌŋ ki /

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noun, plural flun·keys.

flunky.

OTHER WORDS FROM flunkey

flun·key·ism, noun

Words nearby flunkey

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Definition for flunkey (2 of 2)

flunky

or flun·key

[ fluhng-kee ]

/ ˈflʌŋ ki /

noun, plural flun·kies.

a male servant in livery.

an assistant who does menial work.

a toady; yes-man.

Origin of flunky

First recorded in 1775–85; perhaps alteration of flanker

OTHER WORDS FROM flunky

flun·ky·ism, noun

Example sentences from the Web for flunkey

But the religious virtue of knowledge was become a flunkey to the god of material success.

The Rainbow |D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
I hired what I call a "flunkey" suit, and paid forty-five francs for it.

My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands |George Francis Train
Suddenly a flunkey entered and announced a visitor—‘Mr Teploff.’

The Mantle and Other Stories |Nicholas Gogol
But in his relations to the human family he revealed more than a little of the spirit of the flunkey.

Windfalls |(AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner

"The lumberjacks want no flunkey, but the real thing," as one expressed it.

The Lumberjack Sky Pilot |Thomas D. Whittles

British Dictionary definitions for flunkey

flunky

flunkey

/ (ˈflʌŋkɪ) /

noun plural flunkies or flunkeys

a servile or fawning person

a person who performs menial tasks

usually derogatory a manservant in livery

Word Origin for flunky

C18: of unknown origin