footmen

plural of footman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for footmen
Noun
  • Their society was hierarchical, with those below the caciques known as the nitaínos (elites), behiques (perhaps shamans), and the naborías (usually servants and commoners).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, his daughters Olivia and Helen, and their friends, are finding their way and finding love—even where they’re not supposed to, according to the logline.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Each morning, butlers set up our cabana and coolers, remembering our drink and snack preferences.
    Essence, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
  • As such, the race is on to get these budding butlers, maids, and models into the workforce.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kingsnorth’s break with the green movement, after years of being one of its most visible foot soldiers, cost him.
    Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Two enemy soldiers are tasked with the farcical mission of guarding a middle-of-nowhere border in the remote desert.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Visitors have reported seeing soldiers strolling across the fields, a general on the back porch and the sounds of a cook who worked for the family during the war.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Its namesake, cattleman Oliver Loving, was shot by a band of raiders during a cattle drive in 1866, and died of shock a few days later after a doctor didn’t amputate his gangrenous arm.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • All of them have been broken into by raiders over the centuries, their walls smashed or lids prised off despite once being locked shut with metal clasps.
    Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Tony & Ziva wrapped its rollercoaster of an espionage tale Thursday with an intense finale, which picked up with the titular pair once again going in search of their daughter Tali after she’s kidnapped by Jonah Markham’s (Julian Ovendon) lackeys.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At the slightest provocation, Ye bullies, hectors, and screams at everyone from Paris fashion-show lackeys to the mother of his child.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • How To Improve Your Soil's Moisture Retention A short-term solution for small areas or containers with hydrophobic soil is a commercial wetting agent, often called water retainers or penetrants.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Old Hamlet’s retainers acquired crumbling public housing estates turning out occupants enabling them to build showy apartments for cash buyers.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Elsewhere in the castle, Malcolm’s sister, Maura Grant, comes across Dougal shtupping one of her maids up against a wall.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As such, the race is on to get these budding butlers, maids, and models into the workforce.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Footmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footmen. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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