Footboy
//ˈfʊtbɔɪ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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