2. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign. 3. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament.
n, pl -thens or -then. 1. (Alternative Belief Systems) a person who does not acknowledge the God of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; pagan. 2. an uncivilized or barbaric person. 3. (Alternative Belief Systems) the heathen (functioning as plural) heathens collectively.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Lackey. an attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. 2  Lackey(verb) to attend as a lackey; to wait upon. 3  Lackey(verb) to act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.