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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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Despite being a British show, its lead characters — aside from the uber-posh, pink Rolls-Royce-owning London agent Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and her rough 'n' ready butler, Parker — are all-American heroes.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the couple meet a mismatch of eccentric characters, like biker Eddie (Meat Loaf), butler Riff-Rat (O'Brien) and doting aid Columbia (Nell Campbell).—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 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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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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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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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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Decker was an infantryman in the Army from March 2013 to July 2021, including a deployment in Afghanistan.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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At one point, video appears to show the shop’s front doors lock the robbers inside, before one of them fires off several shots through the glass, allowing the group to escape to getaway cars parked in the lot’s valet area.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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On Monday, a member of the group fired upon the door to escape before the thieves fled into six getaway vehicles in the valet area of the shopping mall -- several of which were reportedly stolen, police said.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 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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If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Beckett’s symbols of master and slave — the whip, the rope, the servant weighed down with baggage — are either mimed or cut and in doing so lose its real horror.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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Hilleary was a legislative foot soldier in the House Republican push for smaller government, having captured a longtime Democratic seat in the 1994 elections.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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While lacking Earl’s ideological fervor, Reeves could still help his cause by finding him willing foot soldiers.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footman. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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