n. A soldier who marches and fights on foot.n. A walker; a pedestrian.n. Formerly, a runner in attendance upon a person of rank; later, a servant who ran before his master's carriage for the purpose of rendering assistance on bad roads or in crossing streams, but mainly as a mark of the consequence of the traveler: distinctively called a running footman.n. In later and present use, a male servant whose duty it is to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.; a man in waiting.n. A stand of brass or other metal placed in front of a fire to hold anything which is to be kept hot.n. In entomology, one of certain bombycid moths; a lithosiid.