liveried+servant

  • 31lack|ey — «LAK ee», noun, plural eys, adjective, verb, eyed, ey|ing. –n. 1. a male servant; footman: »The nobleman sent one of his lackeys ahead with a message. I saw a gay gilt chariot…the coachman with a new cockade, and the lackeys with insolence and… …

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  • 32Southwest Airlines — This article is about the United States based airline. For the Japanese airline formerly named Southwest Air Lines, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. For the defunct Chinese airline, see China Southwest… …

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  • 33Taboret — A taboret (also spelled tabouret) refers to two different pieces of furniture, a cabinet or a stool.The more popular use refers to a small portable stand or cabinet, with drawers and shelves for storage. It is used as a method to bring… …

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  • 34lackey — 1. noun /ˈlæ.ki/ a) A footman, liveried male servant. b) A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle. 2. verb /ˈlæ.ki/ To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously …

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  • 35lackey — noun (plural lackeys) 1》 a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant. 2》 a servile or obsequious person. 3》 a brownish moth whose caterpillars live in groups in a silken shelter. [Malacosoma neustria.] verb (lackeys, lackeying,… …

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  • 36livery — livery1 noun (plural liveries) 1》 a special uniform worn by a servant, an official, or a member of a City Company.     ↘a distinctive design and colour scheme used on a company s vehicles, aircraft, or products. 2》 (in the UK) the members of a… …

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  • 37footman — foot•man [[t]ˈfʊt mən[/t]] n. pl. men 1) a liveried household servant 2) mil archaic an infantryman • Etymology: 1250–1300 …

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  • 38livery — ► NOUN (pl. liveries) 1) a special uniform worn by a servant, an official, or a member of a City Company. 2) a distinctive design and colour scheme used on the vehicles or products of a company. 3) the members of a livery company collectively. ●… …

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  • 39lackey — n. & v. (also lacquey) n. (pl. eys) 1 derog. a a servile political follower. b an obsequious parasitical person. 2 a a (usu. liveried) footman or manservant. b a servant. v.tr. ( eys, eyed) archaic behave servilely to; dance attendance on.… …

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  • 40livery — 1. n. (pl. ies) 1 a distinctive clothing worn by a member of a City Company or by a servant. b membership of a City livery company. 2 a distinctive guise or marking or outward appearance (birds in their winter livery). 3 a distinctive colour… …

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