boots

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

Origin of boots

1
First recorded in 1615–25; plural of boot1; see -s3

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British Dictionary definitions for boots

boots

/ (buːts) /


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

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