Servant vs Flunkey - What's the difference?
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One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
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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 who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. [Cant, U.S.]
As nouns the difference between servant and flunkey
is that servant is one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave 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.As a verb servant
is to subject.servant
English
Alternative forms
* servaunt (obsolete) * (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* assigned servant * civil servant * manservant * maidservant * public servant * servantlyStatistics
*Anagrams
* ----flunkey
English
Alternative forms
* flunkee * flunkyNoun
(en-noun)- “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. …"