Usually means: Subordinate with menial tasks, unimportant.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word FLUNKY:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. flunky: Merriam-Webster
  2. flunky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flunky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. flunky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. flunky: Vocabulary.com
  6. Flunky, flunky: Wordnik
  7. flunky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. flunky: Wiktionary
  9. flunky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. flunky (flunkey): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. flunky: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Flunky, flunky: Dictionary.com
  13. flunky: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. flunky: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Flunky (video game): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Flunky: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. flunky: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. flunky: Rhymezone
  19. Flunky: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. FLUNKY: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  21. flunky: FreeDictionary.org
  22. flunky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. flunky: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flunky: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. flunky, flunky, flunky, flunky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. flunky: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (flunky)

▸ noun:  (slang, derogatory) A person who always agrees with their superior or employer.
▸ noun:  One performing menial or miscellaneous duties.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of flunkey [(derogatory) An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).]

Similar:
yes-man, lackey, flunkey, dweeb, stooge, yes man, flunkie, flunkydom, lap dog, flunkyism, more...

Opposite:
leader, boss, manager, supervisor, executive

Types:
assistant, aide, helper, intern, apprentice, trainee, more...

Adjectives:
general, scotch, uniformed, liveried, mere, little, political, thorough, plushed, vocal, swollen


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Similar:
yes-man, lackey, flunkey, dweeb, stooge, yes man, flunkie, flunkydom, lap dog, flunkyism, more...

Opposite:
leader, boss, manager, supervisor, executive

Types:
assistant, aide, helper, intern, apprentice, trainee, more...

Adjectives:
general, scotch, uniformed, liveried, mere, little, political, thorough, plushed, vocal, swollen



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