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Lackey \Lack"ey\, v. t.
To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
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A thousand liveried angels lackey her. --Milton.
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Lackey \Lack"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lackeyed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Lackeying}.]
To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
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Lackey \Lack"ey\, n.; pl. {Lackeys}. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg.
lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin
to E. lick, v.]
An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
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Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
--Shak.
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{Lackey caterpillar} (Zool.), the caterpillar, or larva, of
any bombycid moth of the genus {Clisiocampa}; -- so called
from its party-colored markings. The common European
species ({Clisiocampa neustria}) is striped with blue,
yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The
American species ({Clisiocampa Americana} and {Clisiocampa
sylvatica}) are commonly called {tent caterpillars}. See
{Tent caterpillar}, under {Tent}.

{Lackey moth} (Zool.), the moth which produces the lackey
caterpillar.
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