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

Amid his practical jokes with William the footboy, and one merry-maker and another, there is still an underlying earnestness in all and a reverence for the pure sentiment of the heart.

From Oliver Goldsmith by Buckland, E. S. Lang

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

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

Extreme cold is very well expressed in the slip-shod footboy, and the girl who is warming her hands.

From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by Trusler, John

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

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