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Recent Examples of footman
Robert James-Collier was cast as footman Thomas Barrow when the series premiered in 2010.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The former footman for the Van Rhijn household has undergone the most dramatic transformation of any character in The Gilded Age universe.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
The next morning, a footman brought back an acceptance.
—Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 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
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The former footman for the Van Rhijn household has undergone the most dramatic transformation of any character in The Gilded Age universe.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
The next morning, a footman brought back an acceptance.
—Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footman
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Various new characters join in on the fun, including Chris Elliott’s Riff Raff-style butler and Tori Spelling’s obnoxious try-hard friend, Alex.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Two men disguised as butlers infiltrate The O Group on a rare day when almost everyone (except Mary) is in the office.—
Anne Victoria Clark,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 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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The novel begins in 1864 with a young man named Bird waking up from a bad dream to the sound of cannon fire and gunshots: Hundreds of U.S. Army cavalrymen are descending on his Cheyenne and Arapaho camp in what will eventually be known as the Sand Creek Massacre.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2024
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The dialogue is witty and the characters are memorable, particularly Boris Karloff as hulking manservant Morgan.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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He is attended and aided by his faithful manservant, Graham, and sometimes assisted by another confidant, Dr. Thomas McConnell.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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Overburdened infantrymen who had been on the front lines for months, some since the Normandy landings, remained there for weeks and months on end.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Decker was an Army infantryman from March 2013 to July 2021, according to FOX 13.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Membership is earned through spending and provides benefits like complimentary premium valet, access to exclusive events and experiences.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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The City Council approved the valet fee hikes in a 7-1 vote.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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At the Battle of White Plains on October 28, 1776, General George Washington’s soldiers were forced to retreat following an attack from a small contingent of British dragoons.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 July 2025
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Burgoyne returned to duty as an aging dragoon captain, just in time to win fame at the cannon's mouth in the Seven Years' War, notably in Normandy and Brittany against the French, and on the Tagus River near Lisbon against the Spanish.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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The journalists who rushed to the scene managed to jot down the names of about a dozen—the VIPs (there were three members of parliament on the train that day, which was a factor in the disaster) and a couple of servants.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some of the girls were hired as servants in the homes of higher-status Burghers, though Rustin refused on principle to consider it.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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Like Obama in 2008, Mamdani has mobilized an army of foot soldiers, putting the social in social movement.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footman. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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