footman
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She married the dying William Mason during the series and later settled down with Andrew Parker, a footman in the house who has now taken over for Mr. Carson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
During an event at the Gibside estate, in Rowlands Gill, they learned about William Johnson, who was black and worked as a footman there in the late 1700s.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2023
It had belonged, Ms. Miller said, to her great-aunt Lizzie, who had been a downstairs maid at a grand house in Scotland and had married the footman.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
A newspaper reporter who went undercover to work as a palace footman reinforced that down-to-earth image, taking photos of the royal Tupperware on the breakfast table and a rubber duck in the bath.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
I recall listening to him tell it to visitors when I was a child, and then later, when I was starting out as a footman under his supervision.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Alongside the coach, walk nine grooms, six footmen and four Yeomen of the Guard.
From BBC ● May 4, 2023
When the golden state coach, pulled by eight white horses and surrounded by liveried footmen, came into view, he knew it was time to use them.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
We are not a nation of shopkeepers; we are a nation of butlers, footmen and lady’s maids.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2019
And he didn’t treat any of his endorsers like they were footmen waiting for instructions about when to bring in the next course, as he did with Chris Christie.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2016
To manage this, the footmen had to stand on stepladders.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
