footmen
- plural of footman.
Example Sentences
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Alongside the coach, walk nine grooms, six footmen and four Yeomen of the Guard.
From BBC ● May 4, 2023
When the golden state coach, pulled by eight white horses and surrounded by liveried footmen, came into view, he knew it was time to use them.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
We are not a nation of shopkeepers; we are a nation of butlers, footmen and lady’s maids.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2019
We understand the tribulations of the great British country houses as the country creaked into the twentieth century: thieving footmen, deranged ladies’-maids, and troublesome romances between under-butlers.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 2, 2019
The walls and ceiling were covered with mirrors, whose reflections danced dizzily along with them, and the footmen bowed coldly.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
