footboy

American  

[foot-boi] / ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a boy in livery employed as a servant; page.

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footboy British  

/ ˈfʊtˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a boy servant; page

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Etymology

Origin of footboy

1580–90; foot + boy, modeled on footman

Example Sentences

Then she hired very handsome lodgings and a footboy, and she got a harpsichord, but Bet could not play; however, she put herself in fine attitudes and drummed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

I saw an instance lately however of a precocious young villain of twelve, who was footboy in a gentleman's family, and his young sister, not fourteen, under-housemaid.

From Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry

He got up in the night, and his footboy with him, and went to the privy.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Morris woke, this Saturday morning, with the feeling that something great was to happen that day; and Sally began to be sharp with the footboy as early as ten o’clock.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet

My footboy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, Knots, goodwits, lampreys.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various