Footman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A man employed as a servant to wait at table, attend the door, and run various errands, as in a palace.
  • n. Archaic A foot soldier; an infantryman.
  • n. Archaic One who travels on foot; a pedestrian.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
  • n. A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
  • n. Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner.
  • n. A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
  • n. A moth of the family Lithosidae; -- so called from its livery-like colors.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
  • n. A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
  • n. Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner.
  • n. A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
  • n. A moth of the family Lithosidæ; -- so called from its livery-like colors.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    manservant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    runner    servant    jeames   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    coachman    butler    chauffeur    groom    coachmen    lackey    valet    porter    waiter    chambermaid