1. a person who performs menial or subordinate tasks for someone else; a servant or assistant with low status
Usage: informal; often derogatory
2. a person who behaves obsequiously toward someone of higher rank or status
Usage: informal; derogatory

Examples

• He was tired of being treated like a flunkie by his demanding boss.
• The CEO surrounded himself with flunkies who never questioned his decisions.
• She refused to become a flunkie in the corporate hierarchy.
• The manager's flunkies scrambled to complete every task he assigned.
• He was just a flunkie, running errands and fetching coffee all day.
• The politician's flunkies prepared briefing documents for every meeting.