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

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Example Sentences

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footboy

I serve you like the lowest footboy, for you I neglect my dearest interests,—I no longer know what I do.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Eugène Sue

The footboy hastened up to open the door, and Bryda, going into the passage, heard her name.

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

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 Charles Dickens

I do not trust myself alone in the streets and high roads without a footboy to hold my horse, like the noble aspirant to the hand of Mademoiselle de Clairvaut.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

The aspirant to the hand of Mademoiselle de Clairvaut," he said to himself, "without a single footboy to hold his horse!

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

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