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

The footboy hastened up to open the door, and Bryda, going into the passage, heard her name.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma

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

There was only one other person in the room: a microscopically small footboy, who waited on the malevolent man who hadn't got into the Post-Office.

From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles

The King in displeasure his footboy address’d: “To come to my presence my sister request.”

From The Songs of Ranild by Wise, Thomas James