FLUNKEY

n. (also flunky) (pl. -eys or -ies) usu. derog.

1. a liveried servant; a footman.

2 a toady; a snob.

3 US a cook, waiter, etc.

Derivatives:

flunkeyism n.

Etymology: 18th c. (orig. Sc.): perh. f. FLANK with the sense 'sidesman, flanker'