Flunky
Flunky [fluhng-kee]
noun
* lackey: a male servant (especially a footman)
* a person of unquestioning obedience
* A sycophant; a servant or hanger-on who is kept for their loyalty or muscle rather than their intellect.
Word History: The word flunky has come into Standard English from Scots, in which the word meant "liveried manservant, footman," coming at least by the 19th century to be a term of contempt. The word is first recorded and defined in a work about Scots published in 1782. The definition states that a flunky is "literally a sidesman or attendant at your flank," which gives support to the suggestion that flunky is a derivative and alteration of flanker, "one who stands at a person's flank."
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/flunky
noun
* lackey: a male servant (especially a footman)
* a person of unquestioning obedience
* A sycophant; a servant or hanger-on who is kept for their loyalty or muscle rather than their intellect.
Word History: The word flunky has come into Standard English from Scots, in which the word meant "liveried manservant, footman," coming at least by the 19th century to be a term of contempt. The word is first recorded and defined in a work about Scots published in 1782. The definition states that a flunky is "literally a sidesman or attendant at your flank," which gives support to the suggestion that flunky is a derivative and alteration of flanker, "one who stands at a person's flank."
proof its a real word:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/flunky
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