footmen

plural of footman

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Noun
  • The journalists who rushed to the scene managed to jot down the names of about a dozen—the VIPs (there were three members of parliament on the train that day, which was a factor in the disaster) and a couple of servants.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Some of the girls were hired as servants in the homes of higher-status Burghers, though Rustin refused on principle to consider it.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Two men disguised as butlers infiltrate The O Group on a rare day when almost everyone (except Mary) is in the office.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • About half of the Executive Mansion’s team of housekeepers, ushers, valets and butlers are currently working.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Like Obama in 2008, Mamdani has mobilized an army of foot soldiers, putting the social in social movement.
    Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The book reaches beyond India, though, and lays out how a transnational empire of fraud is being built in which Indians, alongside unemployed young people from dozens of low-income countries, have become foot soldiers in these scamming operations, sometimes conscripted against their will.
    Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The investigation and subsequent arrest of the soldiers fueled an intense political backlash, with some right-wing members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition even joining protests and riots outside the Sde Teiman facility and the military court where the soldiers were taken.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • On the other hand, King Abdullah is surely correct that no Arab or Muslim country will want to place its soldiers between Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces.
    Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 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
  • Handpicked by the expert Vogue team, the collection will satisfy even the most discerning of skincare savants, wellness warriors, makeup maestros, hair aficionados and jewelry junkies.
    Ellie Davis, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Most commonsense Americans understand that there is no reason paying America's warriors should be held hostage to arcane debates over housing policy.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 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
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“Footmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footmen. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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