Chief
Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
Nearby Word: chiefly
Lackey
Lackey noun - A person hired to perform household or personal services.
Usage example: the housekeeper sent the lackey to fetch some more coffee
How words are described
| old | old chief | old lackey |
| corrupt | corrupt chief | corrupt lackey |
| incompetent | incompetent chief | incompetent lackey |
| villainous | villainous chief | villainous lackey |
| Other adjectives: new, former, competent, local, aforementioned. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Satan's chief minion was originally Reliable Traitor Gary, replaced by cringing lackey Scumspawn.
Source: Radio / Old Harry's Game - In the Mercedes Lackey novel The Serpent's Shadow, Maya, who had been a practising doctor for years in India, had to take her examination records to a local hospital and be interviewed by its chief surgeon before she would be allowed to open her own practise in London.
Source: Worthless Foreign Degree
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