As a proper noun Lacey
is {{surname|Norman habitational|from=Old French}} from a place Lassy in Calvados.
As an adjective lacey
is an alternative spelling of lang=en.
As a noun lackey is
a footman, a liveried male servant.
As a verb lackey is
to attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.
lacey
English
Alternative forms
*Lacy
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
from a place Lassy in Calvados.
, transferred from the surname, mostly in the nineteenth century.
of modern usage.
Quotations
* 1993 , Pigs in Heaven , ISBN 0060922532, page 322
*: "Where'd you get a prissy name like Lacey from, anyway?"
*: "I don't know," Cash tells Alice, keeping his hands on the wheel and his eye trained ahead. "It was Alma thought of it. I think she liked the TV show with the lady cops. Lacey and somebody."
lackey
English
Alternative forms
* (verb only)
Noun
(
en noun)
A footman, a liveried male servant.
A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle.
Derived terms
* lackey caterpillar
* lackey moth
Verb
(
en verb)
To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously
* Milton
- A thousand liveried angels lackey her.
(obsolete) To toady, play the flunky
References
* "lackey."
Online Etymology Dictionary. 2008
