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Lackey vs Lacquey - What's the difference?

lackey | lacquey |

As nouns the difference between lackey and lacquey

is that lackey is a footman, a liveried male servant while lacquey is .

As verbs the difference between lackey and lacquey

is that lackey is to attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously while lacquey is alternative form of (to play the) lackey.

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

    lacquey

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1783, author=William Godwin, title=Four Early Pamphlets, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Represent to yourselves, Gentlemen, I entreat you, the many false keys, bribes to the lacqueys of authors that can keep them, and collusions with the booksellers of authors that cannot, which were required in the prosecution of this arduous undertaking. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1841, author=William Harrison Ainsworth, title=Old Saint Paul's, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="She was brought to us by two richly-attired lacqueys ," replied the man, "in this very litter." }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=S. R. Crockett, title=The Black Douglas, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I serve my master, but I am not compelled to spend the night parleying with his lacqueys . }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • alternative form of (to play the) lackey