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Lackey vs Employee - What's the difference?

lackey | employee | Synonyms |

Lackey is a synonym of employee.


As verbs the difference between lackey and employee

is that lackey is to attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously while employee is .

As a noun lackey

is a footman, a liveried male servant.

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

    employee

    English

    Alternative forms

    * employe *

    Noun

    (wikipedia employee) (en noun)
  • An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.
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  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.}}
    One way to encourage your employees to work harder is by giving them incentives .

    See also

    * payroll * taxes * work English words suffixed with -ee