Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
footboy [foo t-boi] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a boy in livery employed as a servant; page.
Origin of footboy 1580–90; foot + boy, modeled on footman Examples from the Web for footboy Historical Examples of footboy
He writes just as you might suppose Voltaire’s footboy to do, who has been his amanuensis.
James Boswell
Not a footboy in Randolph’s train but is more Randolph than he.
Grace Aguilar
He got up in the night, and his footboy with him, and went to the privy.
Snorri Sturlason
Derrick one day sent his footboy with a message to a gentleman whose name was Mr. Hodges Podger.
Joe Miller’s Jests, With Copious Additions
Various
The following morning while the king was putting on his clothes he said to his footboy, “Go thou to Earl Ulf, and kill him.”
Snorri Sturlason
British Dictionary definitions for footboy footboy noun
- a boy servant; page