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

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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

He got up in the night, and his footboy with him, and went to the privy.

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

Mrs. Bungay's own footboy was lost amidst those large and black-coated attendants.

From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray

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 Emma Marshall