flun‧key ,
flunky /ˈflʌŋki/
noun [countable] informal[
Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: Perhaps from flanker 'someone who stands beside you' (18-19 centuries), from ⇒ flank1]
someone who does small jobs for an important person, especially someone who does this because they are trying to please the person – used to show disapproval:
One of his flunkeys let me in. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲