How to Use footman in a Sentence

footman

noun

• What’s the solution for those of us who don’t have footmen to hold the food?
  — charlotteobserver, 31 Oct. 2017
• The game is played on a simple 6×6 grid, and each player starts with their Duke and two Footmen.
  — Jonathan H. Liu, WIRED, 27 June 2012
• Denker tries to take advantage of the new footman but Thomas steps in to get revenge.
  — Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2018
• Wedded bliss may be in the future for Daisy, the assistant cook, and footman Andy.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2019
• It was brought by a thin waiter in footman dress who looked as nervous as a greyhound.
  — Alex Halberstadt, Town & Country, 9 Oct. 2015
• The palace did not comment on a recent report in a British tabloid, The Sun, that one of the queen’s footmen, who walks her dogs, had contracted the virus.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2020
• At that point, a footman dressed in black will pin an official notice to the gates of Buckingham palace.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022
• These included a lady-in-waiting, a maid, a footman, a physician, a cook, and a tutor.
  — Michael Joseph Gross, Vanities, 27 Apr. 2018
• Shortly, footman Paul Wybrew was summoned, who then escorted Fagan across the corridor the the Queen's pantry.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2020
• In 2017, Victoria was the subject of Victoria & Abdul, a movie about the Queen's friendship with her royal footman.
  — Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2018
• They were taught that the only proper delivery method was hand delivery by a footman who could return with the response.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2017
• According to Seward, author of Royal Children, Andrew once so annoyed a footman that the prince ended up sprawled on the floor with a black eye.
  — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 13 Mar. 2022
• No spoilers, but the show's iconic wall of bells, which are used by the Crawley family to summon footmen and maids, features prominently in the gameplay.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 17 July 2019
• Those gambling-mad aristocrats have boasted and betted on the running prowess of their best footman.
  — Roger Robinson, Outside Online, 5 May 2021
• As walls don’t tend to talk, Mr. Ayckbourn explores these permutations by tracing the adventures of a 17-year-old footman (Antony Eden) through the decades.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
• Props go to the rest of the cast, though, especially the hard-working chorus members who play sailors, sea creatures, swans, frogs, Ariel’s sisters, maids, seagulls, footmen, chefs and princesses.
  — Donna Freedman, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2019
• Spates evolves from a footman of the 1920s, to a schoolteacher, to a public arts administrator, to — in the circle-closing final scene — a part-time hotel manager.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 2 May 2018
• Why, a small fortune’s worth of diamonds and several strapping footmen in full formal dress!
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2017
• Queen Mary would usually travel with a footman, a page, two dressers, two chauffeurs, one lady-in-waiting, a maid for her lady-in-waiting and a detective.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
• News outlets reported that one of the queen’s footmen, who is responsible for walking her dogs, had also contracted the virus.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
• Instead of run-of-the-mill butlers, there are red-liveried footmen, a detail that could read as tacky if not for the splendid surroundings and royal family legacy.
  — Amy Tara Koch, New York Times, 9 May 2018
• According to a former footman, the Queen's tastes are so simple, in fact, that the palace staff regularly makes more elaborate meals for themselves than for the royal family.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 26 Sep. 2020
• Last week, a black sign was pinned to the Buckingham Palace gates by a footman, and overnight thousands gathered there to lay flowers, letters, and candles, and pay their final respects to the longest-running royal ruler of modern times.
  — Becky Lucas, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2022
• In November, Fawcett, who was once one of Charles's closest aides having risen from the Queen's footman to the prince's valet and ultimately running the charity, resigned from his post amid the ongoing inquiry.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• His graciousness as a host is legendary: Decades later, people remember parties lit by candles, with footmen in powdered hair and breeches.
  — Kennedy Fraser, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2019
• Nowhere is this more on display than in Thane’s Aunt Mabel, an aging widow who devours footmen (and any other attractive, available men in her vicinity) for breakfast.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
• This is rumored to be because Elizabeth’s was allegedly misplaced by a footman and went missing at some point during her wedding day - much to the dismay of the official photographer.
  — Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
• This is rumored to be because Elizabeth’s was allegedly misplaced by a footman and went missing at some point during her wedding day — much to the dismay of the official photographer.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 16 May 2018
• The busiest time of year was pheasant season, from October to the end of January; guests often arrived in helicopters that landed in the deer park, footmen gathering their luggage and ushering them inside.
  — David Usborne, Town & Country, 29 May 2018
• Simultaneously, the announcement of her death will be posted outside of Buckingham Palace by a footman.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024