footboy

American  

[foot-boi] / ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ /

noun

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

---

footboy British  

/ ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a boy servant; page

---

Etymology

Origin of footboy

1580–90; foot + boy, modeled on footman

Example Sentences

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 Marshall, Emma

In haste came in the little footboy,    And stood before the table; He was I ween a clever lad,    And well to speak was able.

From Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian by Borrow, George Henry

When, lo! there came a tapping at the door: “Come in!” he cried, And in another minute by his side Stood John the footboy, with the morning paper, Wet from the press.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 by Various

He met, as he expected, Jack Henderson, who had been to Dowry Square and heard that Miss Palmer had been called away on some business, but where the footboy did not know.

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

The grandmother, however, dying, the support from that quarter failed, and she was obliged to hire her out as a footboy to a French lady.

From The Pirates Own Book by Ellms, Charles