disapproval If you refer to someone as a flunkey, you disapprove of the fact that they associate themselves with someone who is powerful and carry out small, unimportant jobs for them in the hope of being rewarded. = hanger-on. 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 (Perhaps from flanker (18-19 centuries), from FLANK)
An underling; a contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
disapproval Someone who refers to a servant as a flunkey is expressing their dislike for a job that involves doing things for an employer that ordinary people do for themselves. = lackey