flunkey

Etymology

noun

1. (derogatory) An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
   “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …" 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 2, in Filibuster
2. One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
3. (US, finance, slang) One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber.