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

In haste came in the little footboy,    And stood before the table; He was I ween a clever lad,    And well to speak was able.

From Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian by Borrow, George Henry

Morris woke, this Saturday morning, with the feeling that something great was to happen that day; and Sally began to be sharp with the footboy as early as ten o’clock.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet

However, the footboy proved refractory, for he was ashamed, though his mistress was not.

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

I saw an instance lately however of a precocious young villain of twelve, who was footboy in a gentleman's family, and his young sister, not fourteen, under-housemaid.

From Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry

Mrs. Bungay's own footboy was lost amidst those large and black-coated attendants.

From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace