footman

noun

Definition of footmannext
1
as in butler

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as in cavalryman

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Recent Examples of footman There were portraits of Queen Mary and lots of pictures of the duchess and footmen in livery and that sort of thing. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 May 2026 Gone were the armed guards; instead, dapper footmen welcomed my husband and me up the stairs into the foyer, a gorgeous space in warm tones. — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026 Each eight-passenger coach had a driver and footman and was pulled by a team of horses. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Mar. 2026 Former royal footman Ian Scott Hunter spilled on the hidden meaning behind the makeup in a 2022 special episode of Antiques Roadshow. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for footman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footman
  1. butler
  2. cavalryman
  3. manservant
  4. infantryman
  5. valet
  6. dragoon
  7. servant
  8. foot soldier
Noun
  • Instead, Ytech is planning a round-the-clock butler service, with staff trained by the British Butler Institute to help manage household requests, prepare residences ahead of owners’ arrivals, and coordinate private events.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Not everyone wants a digital butler waiting for their next command.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of butler
Noun
  • 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
  • The dismounted cavalryman is targeted in the second pass , leaving his mount unharmed.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of cavalryman
Noun
  • The Your Friends and Neighbors star plays a character named Lee, Adam’s Chinese American manservant, in East of Eden.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The only person who knows Diego’s secret is Bernardo (Salvatore Ficarra), his mute manservant.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
Definition of manservant
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  • The post said the unidentified infantryman was wounded at his position.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of infantryman
Noun
  • Stewart’s character, Walter Blunt, was a handful — only understood by his trusty valet (Adrian Scarborough), a fellow veteran of the Falklands War, and constantly challenged by his staff, producers, and studio executives.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026
  • For the bookworm who prefers turning pages to swiping screens, this wooden reading valet makes her reading ritual even better.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of valet
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of dragoon
Noun
  • There’s pitying chuckles to his childlike dependence on his peculiarly loyal man servant.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Particularly for a character like this, who is literally a servant and has to exist in the hollows created by other people in that world — that’s a very useful tool for me as an actor.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of servant
Noun
  • Feldstein was their foot soldier, working to get news stories written and noticed.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But the current Sinaloa turf war—la narcopandemia, locals call it—has created new categories of victims, far from the foot soldiers and hit men targeted in previous spasms of violence.
    — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of foot soldier

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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footman. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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