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Recent Examples of footman
David Moorst portrays Alfie, the witty footman who works alongside Irma and Sophie at the Penwood House — and who has a role in pushing Sophie to attend the masquerade.
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
In his new memoir, The Royal Insider , former royal butler and footman Paul Burrell made the claim that Queen Elizabeth was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer shortly before her death.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 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
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
In his new memoir, The Royal Insider , former royal butler and footman Paul Burrell made the claim that Queen Elizabeth was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer shortly before her death.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footman
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Elsewhere is an elegant formal dining room, a media room equipped with a wet bar, and a sleek kitchen sporting a Lacanche range, an eat-in island, and a butler’s pantry.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
9 June 2026
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The main event, though, is the ski room—where ski butlers furnish guests with state-of-the-art skis before sliding them onto the slicked Jardin Alpin piste with or without an instructor.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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On the corners are statues of an infantryman, sailor, artilleryman and cavalryman, each drawn from actual war dead.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
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The dismounted cavalryman is targeted in the second pass , leaving his mount unharmed.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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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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Everything inside this zone is visible to drones, which means that any Russian truck, tank, or infantryman seeking to attack new territory is instantly identified and can easily be hit.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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Cevyn Jay Paydy, an infantryman assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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And, when the restaurant placed a bench where the protesters once stood, officers claimed the restaurant had a valet permit that gave them control over a portion of the sidewalk.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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The male accuser, who says he was hired in about 2013 as a car valet for the Robinsons, claims that on several occasions Smokey Robinson fondled himself and once attempted to place the man’s hand on his genitals.—
Detroit Free Press,
Freep.com,
26 Nov. 2025
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Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 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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One is a military veteran who pitches himself as a lifelong civic servant and recently tossed his name in the hat.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
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Pamela, a servant, rejects the advances of her wealthy employer and thereby induces him to marry her.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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She’s rescued by a detachment of American doughboys, led by the aforementioned Pvt.—
Ben H. Winters,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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This cake type was the sort fed to train and trench weary doughboys by Great War doughnut lassies (or doughnut dollies, depending) and flour, baking powder, sugar, and lard were all in good supply for the duration.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footman. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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