1. a person who performs menial or trivial tasks for someone in authority
Usage: informal; often derogatory
2. a person who acts in an obsequious way to gain favor with those in power
Usage: informal; derogatory

Examples

• The CEO’s flunky brought him coffee every morning.
• She refused to be treated like a flunky by her demanding supervisor.
• The politician surrounded himself with flunkies who agreed with everything he said.
• Don’t be such a flunky – speak up for yourself!
• The wealthy businessman had several flunkies running errands for him.
• He was tired of being seen as just another corporate flunky.