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boots

American  
[boots] / buts /

noun

British.
boots plural
  1. a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.


boots British  
/ buːts /

noun

  1. (formerly) a shoeblack who cleans the guests' shoes in a hotel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of boots

First recorded in 1615–25; plural of boot 1; see -s 3

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Sticking with Mbappe, is he going to become the first player to win multiple World Cup Golden Boots or will it be England skipper Kane?

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

Sigma stated a deal for Boots wouldn't meet its strategic or capital-investment objectives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

As if releasing a pro-stealing film in a very anti-theft corporate culture weren’t ballsy enough, radical filmmaker Boots Riley grabs everything from the kitchen sink and tosses it into the blender for “I Love Boosters.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

As with many things in the Boots Riley universe, the hats are partly fanciful and partly practical.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The roaches reluctantly tore themselves away from watching Boots and led Vikus and Solovet away.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

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