1
a
archaic
: a traveler on foot : pedestrian
b
2
a
: a servant in livery formerly attending a rider or required to run in front of his master's carriage
b
: a servant who serves at table, tends the door, and runs errands
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Around the same time period, albeit across the ocean on PBS’s Manor House, a first footman would get £26 a month.
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Alex Zalben, Vulture, 14 July 2025
And, as the continuing storyline of van Rhijn/Brook Forte house footman Jack Trotter (Ben Ahlers) and his patented alarm clock that his new business partner Larry hopes to sell, illustrates, men have additional outlets for economic elevation.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Downstairs, young footman and part-time inventor Jack is trying to sell a new style of alarm clock with Larry's help and leave the world of service and rigid class striations behind him.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 June 2025
The idea of a footman making an invention, becoming fabulously rich and turning up at some dinner in London society, that just wouldn’t happen.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 June 2025
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Alex Zalben, Vulture, 14 July 2025
And, as the continuing storyline of van Rhijn/Brook Forte house footman Jack Trotter (Ben Ahlers) and his patented alarm clock that his new business partner Larry hopes to sell, illustrates, men have additional outlets for economic elevation.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Downstairs, young footman and part-time inventor Jack is trying to sell a new style of alarm clock with Larry's help and leave the world of service and rigid class striations behind him.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 June 2025
The idea of a footman making an invention, becoming fabulously rich and turning up at some dinner in London society, that just wouldn’t happen.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for footman
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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footman. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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footman
noun
foot·man
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1
: an infantry soldier
2
: a male servant who lets in visitors and waits on the table
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