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boots

American  
[boots] / buts /

noun

British.

plural

boots

  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

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Etymology

Origin of boots

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

Example Sentences

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The answer isn’t straightforward, said Peter Meyer, principal economist with Muddy Boots Ag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Walgreens Boots Alliance was taken private by a private-equity firm in early 2025, and Rite Aid closed the rest of its stores last year.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

It is stocked in around 1,300 shops across the UK, including Superdrug, Boots, Sainsbury's and Tesco.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Whitehall flew into Atlanta from the U.K. to meet Palmer, who was shooting the upcoming Boots Riley film “I Love Boosters.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

As soon as his mom was pregnant, his parents had planned to name Boots Margaret after hiS dad’s grandma.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

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