footboy

American  

[foot-boi] / ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ /

noun

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

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footboy British  

/ ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a boy servant; page

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Etymology

Origin of footboy

1580–90; foot + boy, modeled on footman

Example Sentences

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footboy

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

But when she went down into the kitchen at twelve o'clock she found him seated at a very untempting meal, with Sam the footboy and Mrs Symes.

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

Mary was brought up as a boy, and at the age of 13 was engaged as a footboy to wait on a French lady.

From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Philip Gosse

Extreme cold is very well expressed in the slip-shod footboy, and the girl who is warming her hands.

From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by John Trusler

I serve you like the lowest footboy, for you I neglect my dearest interests,—I no longer know what I do.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Eugène Sue