Flunky

·noun One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.

II. Flunky ·noun A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.

III. Flunky ·noun One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber.

flunky
1) A servant in livery. A term now used contemptuously.-- Jamieson. Our laird gets in his racked ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.