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Helper vs Flunkey - What's the difference?

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Helper is a related term of flunkey.


As nouns the difference between helper and flunkey

is that helper is one who helps; an aide while flunkey is an underling; a contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).

helper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who helps; an aide.
  • (Singapore) A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family, or in a market.

    • flunkey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * flunkee * flunky

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An underling; a contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
  • * 1929 , Baldwyn Dyke Acland, Filibuster , Chapter 2
    • “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one to one ' flunkey , gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …"
  • One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
  • One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. [Cant, U.S.]

    • Derived terms

    * flunkeydom * flunkeyish * flunkeyism

    See also

    * lackey (Webster 1913)