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

I do not trust myself alone in the streets and high roads without a footboy to hold my horse, like the noble aspirant to the hand of Mademoiselle de Clairvaut.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Amid his practical jokes with William the footboy, and one merry-maker and another, there is still an underlying earnestness in all and a reverence for the pure sentiment of the heart.

From Oliver Goldsmith by Buckland, E. S. Lang

There had been no nods from Him since the great day of Fontevrault; but Richard watched Him daily and held himself bound to be His footboy.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Then she hired very handsome lodgings and a footboy, and she got a harpsichord, but Bet could not play; however, she put herself in fine attitudes and drummed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

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 Gosse, Philip