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

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Example Sentences

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footboy

He met, as he expected, Jack Henderson, who had been to Dowry Square and heard that Miss Palmer had been called away on some business, but where the footboy did not know.

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

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

"Thou dost go about as a footboy, and not as a King's son."

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Willy Pogany

Harald was with those who played on the land, and told his footboy to go out to the ship, make his bed, and wait for him there.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

There was only one other person in the room: a microscopically small footboy, who waited on the malevolent man who hadn't got into the Post-Office.

From Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

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