footboy

noun

footboy

noun

UK /ˈfʊtbɔɪ/

Etymology From foot + boy.

1

Historical A serving boy, attendant, page with similar duties to those of an adult footman.

  • Our troopes are now all confounded and disordered, by reason of bag and baggage, or carriages, of lackies, and foot-boies, which because of their masters armes they carry, can never leave them.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book II.9, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

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