footman

Example Sentences

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“The turnover of a footman is notoriously high!”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 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

The former footman still has the tea set he was given by the monarch as a gift one Christmas.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2022

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

She felt the carriage shift slightly as the driver and the footman stepped onto the driver’s seat, and then they were off, moving more smoothly than any carriage she had ever ridden in before.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo