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Definition of footman in English: footmannounPlural footmen ˈfʊtmənˈfʊtmən 1A liveried servant whose duties include admitting visitors and waiting at table. （穿制服的）侍者，男仆 Example sentencesExamples - I saw how your guards, your coachman and your footman were driven off today.
- In the middle distance are their servants, grooms, running footmen and a man of higher status, wearing 17th century costume, mounted on a stallion.
- There were no ballrooms here, no antechambers upon antechambers, no retinues of servants and footmen.
- Coaches were not only expensive to purchase, but they were costly to maintain as they required a liveried servant to drive them and had a place for a footman.
- She didn't allow pariah boys to attend her school for native children because even in England it would not do for a gentleman's son to attend the same school as his footman's son.
- She climbed onto the bench next to the driver, while the footman helped Lady Mary into the cab.
- Alas, visions of liveried footmen and Royal Doulton soon vanished as we pulled into the driveway of Clapped Out Estates, and the effusive greetings of a red-nosed investment banker dressed in plus fours and carpet slippers.
- A footman helped Lord and Lady Grey in, then the two younger Grey sisters.
- It is a sweeping assessment of the backroom boys - and they are usually male - the valets, the footmen, the butlers who make up the backbone of the royal retinue, but it is one that many with experience of the system recognise.
- The attending maids and footmen silently left the room.
- The footman and coachman atop of the carriage were not wearing the black and red uniform of this Country, like Loraine's men, but a uniform that was a light blue and black.
- He was one of the footmen who waited at table; and no sooner had I pinned him than the detective loosed his hold.
- Surely in our increasingly democratic age it should have died out along with footmen and flunkeys?
- These butlers, footmen, valets, drivers, personal assistants, and bodyguards knew where the bodies lay.
- ‘My Lady,’ the footman said, giving Ky a much-needed hand down.
- An army of servants - maids, footmen, cooks and gardeners - made the luxurious lifestyle of the family possible.
- There was £699 paid to extra staff that had to be drafted in such as pages, footmen, cellar assistants and glass and silver pantry assistants.
- There were no liveried footman doffing their hats and opening glass doors with gloved hands.
- A liveried footman was walking away from his front door as Croft rode by.
- As soon as he was gone, all the footmen and other servants burst out laughing.
2historical A soldier in the infantry. 〈史〉步兵 Example sentencesExamples - A great enthusiasm filled the air as the armies spread out, loosening ranks, cavalry and footmen finding their way across the road and into the fields and woods.
- There are only a few units: peasants, footmen, knights, archers and catapults.
- As a minor footman in her slave army, it fell to me to clean the bathroom.
- When you signed up, you were asked where you wanted to be, cavalry, archery, footmen, swordsmen, smiths.
- Demons, with their leathery wings spread wide, tore through the angelic ranks like heavy cavalry through green footmen.
Synonyms infantrymen, foot soldiers, foot guards 3archaic A trivet to hang on the bars of a grate. 〈古〉三角挂架 4A slender moth that is typically of a subdued colour, the caterpillar feeding almost exclusively on lichens. 土苔蛾 Several genera in the family Arctiidae: many species, including the common European Eilema lurideola
Definition of footman in US English: footmannounˈfo͝otmənˈfʊtmən 1A liveried servant whose duties include admitting visitors and waiting at table. （穿制服的）侍者，男仆 Example sentencesExamples - ‘My Lady,’ the footman said, giving Ky a much-needed hand down.
- There were no liveried footman doffing their hats and opening glass doors with gloved hands.
- In the middle distance are their servants, grooms, running footmen and a man of higher status, wearing 17th century costume, mounted on a stallion.
- Coaches were not only expensive to purchase, but they were costly to maintain as they required a liveried servant to drive them and had a place for a footman.
- Surely in our increasingly democratic age it should have died out along with footmen and flunkeys?
- She didn't allow pariah boys to attend her school for native children because even in England it would not do for a gentleman's son to attend the same school as his footman's son.
- These butlers, footmen, valets, drivers, personal assistants, and bodyguards knew where the bodies lay.
- There were no ballrooms here, no antechambers upon antechambers, no retinues of servants and footmen.
- Alas, visions of liveried footmen and Royal Doulton soon vanished as we pulled into the driveway of Clapped Out Estates, and the effusive greetings of a red-nosed investment banker dressed in plus fours and carpet slippers.
- An army of servants - maids, footmen, cooks and gardeners - made the luxurious lifestyle of the family possible.
- The footman and coachman atop of the carriage were not wearing the black and red uniform of this Country, like Loraine's men, but a uniform that was a light blue and black.
- It is a sweeping assessment of the backroom boys - and they are usually male - the valets, the footmen, the butlers who make up the backbone of the royal retinue, but it is one that many with experience of the system recognise.
- She climbed onto the bench next to the driver, while the footman helped Lady Mary into the cab.
- A footman helped Lord and Lady Grey in, then the two younger Grey sisters.
- He was one of the footmen who waited at table; and no sooner had I pinned him than the detective loosed his hold.
- A liveried footman was walking away from his front door as Croft rode by.
- There was £699 paid to extra staff that had to be drafted in such as pages, footmen, cellar assistants and glass and silver pantry assistants.
- The attending maids and footmen silently left the room.
- I saw how your guards, your coachman and your footman were driven off today.
- As soon as he was gone, all the footmen and other servants burst out laughing.
2historical A soldier in the infantry. 〈史〉步兵 Example sentencesExamples - As a minor footman in her slave army, it fell to me to clean the bathroom.
- When you signed up, you were asked where you wanted to be, cavalry, archery, footmen, swordsmen, smiths.
- A great enthusiasm filled the air as the armies spread out, loosening ranks, cavalry and footmen finding their way across the road and into the fields and woods.
- There are only a few units: peasants, footmen, knights, archers and catapults.
- Demons, with their leathery wings spread wide, tore through the angelic ranks like heavy cavalry through green footmen.
Synonyms infantrymen, foot soldiers, foot guards 3archaic A trivet to hang on the bars of a grate. 〈古〉三角挂架 4A slender moth that is typically of a subdued color, the caterpillar feeding almost exclusively on lichens. 土苔蛾 Several genera in the family Arctiidae: many species
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