He came back two hours later and received the same answer, accompanied by a rather dubious look from the footman.
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Footman
Synonyms for "footman" (17 found)
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Noun(5 words)
Related words (8)
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1 entriesis a
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9 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- лакей noun (male servant)
Dutch
1 entries- lakei noun (male servant)
Esperanto
1 entries- lakeo noun (male servant)
Finnish
4 entries- aitosiilikäs noun (moth of the subfamily Arctiinae)
- harmokeltasiipi noun (Manulea lurideola)
- lakeija noun (male servant)
- lakeija noun (servant who runs in front of his master's carriage)
French
2 entries- laquais noun (male servant)
- valet de pied noun (male servant)
German
2 entries- Bärenspinner noun (moth of the subfamily Arctiinae)
- Lakai noun (male servant)
Greek
1 entries- λακές noun (male servant)
Irish
1 entries- giolla cóiste noun (servant who runs in front of his master's carriage)
Italian
1 entries- valletto noun (male servant)
Latin
1 entries- pedisequus noun (male servant)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چوقهدار noun (servant who runs in front of his master's carriage)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schekjbenjel noun (male servant)
Spanish
1 entries- lacayo noun (servant who runs in front of his master's carriage)
Welsh
4 entries- gwas lifrai noun (male servant)
- troedwas noun (male servant)
- troedwas noun (servant who runs in front of his master's carriage)
- troedwas noun (moth of the subfamily Arctiinae)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
She saw the two men seat themselves side by side, and the footman close the door and take his place beside the chauffeur.
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The footman announced the arrival of the duchess.
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[…] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed. Although these did not include the Emperor Alexander III, who escaped with a bruising, a footman serving coffee to him at the critical moment, and his dog, which was lying on the floor beside him, were both killed on the spot.
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