noun
- plural of flunkey: servants or attendants, especially those in livery
- plural of flunkey: people who act in a servile way to those in power
Usage: formal
Usage: derogatory
Examples
- The wealthy family employed several flunkeys to serve at their dinner parties.
- The mansion’s flunkeys wore matching uniforms and white gloves.
- He dismissed his critics as mere flunkeys of the opposition party.
- The CEO was surrounded by flunkeys who agreed with everything he said.
- She refused to be one of his flunkeys and spoke her mind freely.
- The palace flunkeys announced each guest’s arrival with great ceremony.