boots

American  

[boots] / buts /

noun

British.

plural

boots

1. a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.

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boots British  

/ buːts /

noun

1. (formerly) a shoeblack who cleans the guests' shoes in a hotel

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Etymology

Origin of boots

First recorded in 1615–25; plural of boot ¹; -s ³

Example Sentences

Those who know him say he is the most charismatic of the quartet and the most sharply dressed, with designer brown leather boots that somehow look good even with an orange flight suit.

From BBC

“That’s what my mom calls our house whenever someone wanders in with their lives on fire. It’s a joke we say when she boots me to the couch.”

From Literature

I turn sixteen on my actual birthday, and Mom gets me the new swimsuit and the brown calf-high boots I wanted.

From Literature

“We wouldn’t be the first to mistakenly think a smarter bomb will keep us from putting boots on the ground,” the source said.

From Salon

“Stressed” it reported once I’d kicked the snow off my boots.

From The Wall Street Journal

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