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footman

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foot·man  (ftmn)
n.
1. A man employed as a servant to wait at table, attend the door, and run various errands, as in a palace.
2. Archaic
a. A foot soldier; an infantryman.
b. One who travels on foot; a pedestrian.
footman [ˈfʊtmən]
n pl -men
1. a male servant, esp one in livery
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a low four-legged metal stand used in a fireplace for utensils, etc.
3. (Military) (formerly) a foot soldier
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any of several arctiid moths related to the tiger moths, esp the common footman (Eilema lurideola), with yellowish hind wings and brown forewings with a yellow front stripe; they produce woolly bear larvae
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.footmanfootman - a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
manservant - a man servant
Translations
footman [ˈfʊtmən] N (footmen (pl)) → lacayo m
footman [ˈfʊtmən] n → valet m de pied
footman [ˈfʊtmən] n (-men (pl)) → lacchè m inv
footman [ˈfʊtmən] n (-men (pl)) → lacchè m inv


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For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood--(she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)--and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles.
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The news brought to me from the upper regions, that evening, came from Penelope and the footman.
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