1. a servant in livery; a footman
Usage: formal; somewhat archaic
2. a person who acts obsequiously to please someone in authority; a servile follower
Usage: derogatory

Examples

• The wealthy family employed several flunkeys to serve at their grand dinner parties.
• A uniformed flunkey opened the carriage door for the duchess.
• He was nothing more than a flunkey, always agreeing with whatever the boss said.
• The politician surrounded himself with flunkeys who never challenged his decisions.
• She refused to be anyone’s flunkey and spoke her mind freely.
• The corporate flunkey delivered the unpopular message to the employees.