footman

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Recent Examples of footman 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 The footman died in the trenches during World War I, and Lizzie never remarried. Penelope Green, New York Times, 6 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for footman
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Noun
  • Cabinet space abounds, and a butler’s pantry adds another sink and more convenient storage space, at arm’s length, for busy cooks.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2025
  • Photo : Open Homes Photography Early owners used the safe in the butler’s pantry for storing silver and other valuables.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Was the unit’s survival due to the men’s indispensable service as Loyalist laborers and cavalrymen?
    Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • These cavalrymen participated in the Third Battle of Winchester, a key victory for the Union.
    Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Decker was an infantryman in the Army from March 2013 to July 2021 and deployed to Afghanistan for four months in 2014, according to Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Ruth Castro.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
  • On some occasions, infantrymen have been stuck in their positions for weeks or even months.
    Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • She was later prominently featured on NXT television as part of the Meta-Four faction, alongside Oro Mensah, Noam Dar, and Lash Legend, often serving as a valet and occasional competitor.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • Add in underground valet and self-parking, a provisions shop, and a concierge service that operates with the foresight of a private butler, and the entire experience begins to feel more like a five-star resort than a residence — albeit one with a custom decanter and a key fob to the good stuff.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • An international networker par excellence, Zambello was staging Carmen at Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, with Chen in the peripheral part of Zuniga, lieutenant of the dragoons.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Only one of the assailants, a servant named Hugh Colne, was charged in the case and imprisoned at Newgate in 1342.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
  • Inside, the mansion’s sprawling basement kitchen, once staffed by dozens of servants, cleverly doubles as the Russells’ New York kitchen.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • After all, who needs Death Stars when the Empire's middle management and foot soldiers can propagate an entirely different kind of fear across the universe?
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 May 2025

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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footman. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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