1
a
archaic
: a traveler on foot : pedestrian
b
2
a
: a servant in livery formerly attending a rider or required to run in front of his master's carriage
b
: a servant who serves at table, tends the door, and runs errands
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In his new memoir, The Royal Insider , former royal butler and footman Paul Burrell made the claim that Queen Elizabeth was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer shortly before her death.
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Robert James-Collier was cast as footman Thomas Barrow when the series premiered in 2010.
—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.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2025
Robert James-Collier was cast as footman Thomas Barrow when the series premiered in 2010.
—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
See All Example Sentences for footman
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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footman. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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footman
noun
foot·man
-mən 
1
: an infantry soldier
2
: a male servant who lets in visitors and waits on the table
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