boots

American  

[boots] / buts /

noun

British.

• boots
  plural

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

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boots British  

/ buːts /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• boots
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of boots

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

boots

Tore Andre Flo was a menace for Premier League defenders not merely because of his tall, gangly frame but for the silky touches the Norwegian often showed with his giant boots.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then he went shopping for boots and raccoons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

There is little chance the U.S. would contribute to such a fight with boots on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Former England international Anita Asante started her coaching career after hanging up her boots, including a spell with Bristol City in WSL 2.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Often I had to change their boots every forty or fifty miles.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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