Footboy

//ˈfʊtbɔɪ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A serving boy, attendant, page with similar duties to those of an adult footman. historical

    "Our troopes are now all confounded and disordered, by reason of bag and baggage, or carriages, of lackies, and foot-boies, which because of their masters armes they carry, can never leave them."

Example

More examples

"Our troopes are now all confounded and disordered, by reason of bag and baggage, or carriages, of lackies, and foot-boies, which because of their masters armes they carry, can never leave them."

Etymology

From foot + boy.

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