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as in butler
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as in cavalryman
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Recent Examples of footman
However, he was best known for his roles in ITV’s Victoria as the royal family’s footman, Mr. Cornelius Penge, and in BBC Two and Netflix’s The Last Kingdom.
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Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
What’s the solution for those of us who don’t have footmen to hold the food?
—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
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Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
What’s the solution for those of us who don’t have footmen to hold the food?
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footman
Noun
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The Reserve Villas, featuring 2 to 5-bedrooms, private infinity pools, modern beach decor, and personal concierge/butler services.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Want your butler to deliver caviar with all the trimmings?—
Fran Golden,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 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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The slick series, populated with young up-and-comer actors led by Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan and Anthony Boyle, follows men from the 100th Bomber Group, who flew dangerous raids into enemy territory and were far more likely than infantrymen to be killed or missing in action.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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British infantrymen were among the finest soldiers in the world, but most of these troops were green; only the 47th Regiment of Foot had seen extensive combat, at Lexington and Bunker Hill, among other clashes.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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Cal Expo also offers free, secured bike valet on select days, ideal for local residents.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2025
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Free trolley services run from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and a free bike valet is offered at Bacon Street and Newport Avenue.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 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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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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Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Simone’s job is to make life hell for the family’s other servants, including property manager Jose (Felix Solis), head chef Patrice (Lauren Weedman), and Missy (Britne Oldford), who doesn’t appear to have a specific job.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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Each foot soldier carried a ten-pound musket, a sixteen-inch bayonet, a tin canteen, a linen haversack, and his own blanket—a battlefield luxury, since in peacetime five men typically shared two blankets.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 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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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footman. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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