footboy

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UK/ˈfʊtbɔɪ/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounfootboy (plural footboys)

plural footboys

  1. historicalA 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

Origin

From foot + boy.

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APA

footboy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footboy

MLA

“footboy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footboy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footboy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footboy.

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