n. A serving boy, attendant, page with similar duties as an adult footman.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A boy in waiting; an attendant in livery; a lackey; a link-boy.
Word Usage
"Robert Melville, who appeared to have been using some soothing language — “No! no! no! I tell thee, no! I will place a petard against the door rather than be baulked by a profligate woman, and bearded by an insolent footboy.”"