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as in butler
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as in cavalryman
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Recent Examples of footman
What’s the solution for those of us who don’t have footmen to hold the food?
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Mary Carol Garrity, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
In the aftermath of the Queen’s death at Balmoral Castle, senior staff, including the monarch’s private secretary Sir Edward Young, were mapping out the days ahead when a footman brought them one of the Queen’s famous red boxes.
—Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
Here, playwright Marcelo Dos Santos and director Michael Grandage pay their appreciative respects to William Tallon, the queen mum’s longtime footman who earned the nickname that gives the play its title.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
The footman died in the trenches during World War I, and Lizzie never remarried.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 6 May 2023
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Mary Carol Garrity, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
In the aftermath of the Queen’s death at Balmoral Castle, senior staff, including the monarch’s private secretary Sir Edward Young, were mapping out the days ahead when a footman brought them one of the Queen’s famous red boxes.
—Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
Here, playwright Marcelo Dos Santos and director Michael Grandage pay their appreciative respects to William Tallon, the queen mum’s longtime footman who earned the nickname that gives the play its title.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
The footman died in the trenches during World War I, and Lizzie never remarried.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 6 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footman
Noun
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Cabinet space abounds, and a butler’s pantry adds another sink and more convenient storage space, at arm’s length, for busy cooks.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
3 June 2025
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Photo : Open Homes Photography Early owners used the safe in the butler’s pantry for storing silver and other valuables.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
28 May 2025
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Was the unit’s survival due to the men’s indispensable service as Loyalist laborers and cavalrymen?—
Kinsey Gidick,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Dec. 2024
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These cavalrymen participated in the Third Battle of Winchester, a key victory for the Union.—
Jake Whitney,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Nov. 2024
Noun
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These included a gentleman singing with his manservant on Mardi Gras, seven apprentices of a ribbon maker singing together, and a woman charged for singing while working in her house and yard, among many others.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
9 May 2025
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The show is sharpest when its sights are fixed on Norma and Joe, and also on the looming figure of Norma’s manservant and eternal enabler, Max.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2024
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One reservist who has quietly ended his military service is Yair, a thirty-eight-year-old former infantryman who lives on a northern kibbutz.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
14 May 2025
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In his forties and with bad knees, Butcher was not cut out to be an infantryman.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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She was later prominently featured on NXT television as part of the Meta-Four faction, alongside Oro Mensah, Noam Dar, and Lash Legend, often serving as a valet and occasional competitor.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Add in underground valet and self-parking, a provisions shop, and a concierge service that operates with the foresight of a private butler, and the entire experience begins to feel more like a five-star resort than a residence — albeit one with a custom decanter and a key fob to the good stuff.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Six plant species, including extra dwarf bok choy and dragoon lettuce, were grown on the International Space Station because of student research.—
Uma Raja,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2025
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An international networker par excellence, Zambello was staging Carmen at Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, with Chen in the peripheral part of Zuniga, lieutenant of the dragoons.—
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7 Dec. 2024
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Although the servant admits that Hamm has been like a father to him, their relationship is also highly dysfunctional.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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There would be no roads or currency and the project would be staffed by robot servants and flying cars.—
James Montague,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Michaels, 35, was playing a foot soldier in the White Walkers’ army of the dead during a climactic battle sequence in The Long Night, the pivotal third episode in Season 8.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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After all, who needs Death Stars when the Empire's middle management and foot soldiers can propagate an entirely different kind of fear across the universe?—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
4 May 2025
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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footman. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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