footboy

American  

[foot-boi] / ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a boy in livery employed as a servant; page.

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footboy British  

/ ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a boy servant; page

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Etymology

Origin of footboy

1580–90; foot + boy, modeled on footman

Example Sentences

Harald was with those who played on the land, and told his footboy to go out to the ship, make his bed, and wait for him there.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Mrs Symes was gone to market, and the footboy had been sent with her to carry the basket of purchases, so that Bryda was alone in the kitchen regions.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma

There was only one other person in the room: a microscopically small footboy, who waited on the malevolent man who hadn't got into the Post-Office.

From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles

However, the footboy proved refractory, for he was ashamed, though his mistress was not.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

Amid his practical jokes with William the footboy, and one merry-maker and another, there is still an underlying earnestness in all and a reverence for the pure sentiment of the heart.

From Oliver Goldsmith by Buckland, E. S. Lang