le laquais

footman, lackey

l a . k ɛ
noun · masculine Rare #40,285
footman A male domestic servant, especially one who traditionally accompanies a person of high social status.
FR: Le laquais ouvrit la porte de la voiture.
EN: The footman opened the carriage door.
lackey A person who behaves obsequiously toward someone powerful.
FR: Il se comporte comme le laquais d'un homme riche.
EN: He behaves like a rich man's lackey.

Il le traitait comme un laquais.

He treated him like a lackey.

Pour être un laquais des nazis, comme vous?

To be a lackey of the Nazis, like you?

— Indiana Jones et la dernière croisade (1989)

Les Palestiniens pensent qu'il est un laquais d'Israël.

The Palestinians think he is an Israeli lackey.

Vous entendez ça, sombres laquais?

Do you hear that, you dark lackeys?

— The Witch (2016)

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