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Definition of Flunky
1. Noun. A male servant (especially a footman).
2. Noun. A person of unquestioning obedience.
Generic synonyms: Follower
Specialized synonyms: Pushover
Derivative terms: Stooge
Definition of Flunky
1. n. A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.
Definition of Flunky
1. Noun. A sycophant; a servant or hanger-on who is kept for their loyalty or muscle rather than their intellect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flunky
1. a servile follower [n -KIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flunky
Literary usage of Flunky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1869)
"It will be always easier to make a flunky of a gentleman than a gentleman of a
flunky. But I trust much to the levelling tendencies of the times. ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"The flunky nature was nowhere completely subdued but in his stomach, ...
A clergyman without a flunky was an anomaly, belonging to neither of these classes. ..."
3. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
"A very different sort of fellow is the flunky. It seems to be the grand aim of
his life to ... The American flunky is never s" happy as when he succeeds in ..."
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