footmen

Variant of footman

footman definition

foot·man (fo̵ot′mən)

noun pl. footmen -·men (-mən)

  1. a male servant who assists the butler in a large household
  2. Archaic a foot soldier; infantryman

Etymology: orig., a man who ran on foot beside his master's horse or carriage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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