Antonyms for flunkey

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fluhng-kee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈflʌŋ ki

Definition of flunkey

Origin : also flunkey, 1782, Scottish dialect, "footman, liveried servant," of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive variant of flanker. Sense of "flatterer, toady" first recorded 1855.

As in lackey : noun servant
As in adulator : noun sycophant
As in flatterer : noun complimenter

Example sentences :

Shakespeare was a sycophant, a flunkey if you will, but nothing worse.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

At the same moment a flunkey in chocolate and cream approached him.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

I was just entering Rasputin's room at the palace when a flunkey told me the news.
Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux

Your dream and rest is over; for are you not the general's flunkey?
Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer

The ancient wig of the judge is often indistinguishable from the old wig of the flunkey.
Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton

The flunkey referred her to Count Rechberg, the aide-de-camp on duty.
Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham

And of course he could not exist, unless he had flunkey customers by the dozen.
Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens

"The lumberjacks want no flunkey, but the real thing," as one expressed it.
Extract from : « The Lumberjack Sky Pilot » by Thomas D. Whittles

Ted had taken a flunkey's job at Crestwood two days after he graduated.
Extract from : « Double Challenge » by James Arthur Kjelgaard

The flunkey in the hall was evidently expecting his arrival.
Extract from : « The Fall of a Nation » by Thomas Dixon

Synonyms for flunkey

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