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noun
- 1. a liveried manservant or footman. derogatory Similar
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FLUNKY definition: 1. the person who does the boring physical work in a company: 2. a male servant wearing a uniform…. Learn more.
a person who does unimportant work or who has few or no important responsibilities and shows too much respect toward his or her employer: He could snap his fingers and get his flunky to do it. (Definition of flunky from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
If you refer to someone as a flunkey, you disapprove of the fact that they associate themselves with someone who is powerful and carry out small, unimportant jobs for them in the hope of being rewarded.
1. a. : a liveried servant. b. : one performing menial or miscellaneous duties. 2. : yes-man. Synonyms. daily [British] domestic. lackey. menial. retainer. servant. steward. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of flunky in a Sentence.
Flunkey definition: flunky. . See examples of FLUNKEY used in a sentence.
Definition of flunkey noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
or flunkey (ˈflʌŋkɪ ) noun Word forms: plural flunkies or flunkeys. 1. a servile or fawning person. 2. a person who performs menial tasks. 3. usually derogatory. a manservant in livery. Collins English Dictionary.
a person of unquestioning obedience. synonyms: flunky, stooge, yes-man. see more. noun. a male servant (especially a footman) synonyms: flunky, lackey. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Flunkey." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/flunkey. Accessed 21 Sep. 2024. Copy citation.
flunkey. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English flun‧key, flunky /ˈflʌŋki/ noun [countable] informal someone who does small jobs for an important person, especially someone who does this because they are trying to please the person – used to show disapproval One of his flunkeys let me in.
A flunky is someone who works obediently for another person. You might apply for a job as a personal assistant, only to realize during the interview that it's really a job as a flunky. A flunky's job is to do whatever he or she is told to do, preferably without question, in a docile, dutiful way.
