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Synonyms for footman

Grammar : Noun
Spell : foo t-muh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʊt mən

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Définition of footman

Origin :
  • c.1300, "foot soldier;" late 14c., "one who goes on foot;" as a personal attendant, originally one who ran before or alongside his master's carriage, announcing its arrival (and keeping it from tipping over). The modern, non-jogging servant sense is from c.1700, though the running footmen still were in service mid-18c. From foot (n.) + man (n.).
  • As in flunky : noun attendant
  • As in varlet : noun attendant
  • As in waiter : noun server
Example sentences :
  • Still the footman said 'Walk in,' so the visitor followed him.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I told my steward to be ready, as well as my other man-servant and my mother's footman.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • With these words I rang for my footman to show the Prefect of Police to the door.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Perhaps the Boar's Head had something to do with it, but certainly the footman had.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Ormond did very positively desire it, and the footman obeyed.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • "Mrs. Crabstock's getting out, my lady," said the footman, returning.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • When I saw the carriage waiting at the door, I asked the footman, who was within.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • When he knocked it was opened by a footman with red plush knee-breeches.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • "From the house, and the footman, and the furniture," said he.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • It was just at the end of lunch, when the footman had left the room.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
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