footman

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Recent Examples of footman What’s the solution for those of us who don’t have footmen to hold the food? Mary Carol Garrity, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 In the aftermath of the Queen’s death at Balmoral Castle, senior staff, including the monarch’s private secretary Sir Edward Young, were mapping out the days ahead when a footman brought them one of the Queen’s famous red boxes. Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024 Here, playwright Marcelo Dos Santos and director Michael Grandage pay their appreciative respects to William Tallon, the queen mum’s longtime footman who earned the nickname that gives the play its title. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023 The footman died in the trenches during World War I, and Lizzie never remarried. Penelope Green, New York Times, 6 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for footman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footman
Noun
  • Ramsey says the butler’s pantry focuses on organization and convenience.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Add in underground valet and self-parking, a provisions shop, and a concierge service that operates with the foresight of a private butler, and the entire experience begins to feel more like a five-star resort than a residence — albeit one with a custom decanter and a key fob to the good stuff.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Was the unit’s survival due to the men’s indispensable service as Loyalist laborers and cavalrymen?
    Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • These cavalrymen participated in the Third Battle of Winchester, a key victory for the Union.
    Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The show is sharpest when its sights are fixed on Norma and Joe, and also on the looming figure of Norma’s manservant and eternal enabler, Max.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The dialogue is witty and the characters are memorable, particularly Boris Karloff as hulking manservant Morgan.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Dmytro, a 35-year-old infantryman with a concussion, was evacuated to the 33rd Mechanized Brigade’s aid point one recent night.
    Olha Konovalova, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • In his forties and with bad knees, Butcher was not cut out to be an infantryman.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Free bike valet and E-bike and mobile phone/device charging lounge.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The duo was later photographed leaving the Sunset Tower Hotel together on Saturday night, chatting outside the valet area.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • An international networker par excellence, Zambello was staging Carmen at Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, with Chen in the peripheral part of Zuniga, lieutenant of the dragoons.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The family, Louisville residents, also enjoyed some pizza and crab dragoons from the food trucks.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • In 2010, a three-part revival of Upstairs, Downstairs aired on British broadcaster BBC One, with Marsh reprising her role as Rose Buck, who had returned to London to run an agency for domestic servants after a period spent nursing her mother in Suffolk.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Few spoke up for the man viewed by many as a lowborn upstart, but Cromwell, his faithful servant, was the exception, petitioning Henry at great risk to his own reputation.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • No one is sleeping on Chula Vista Deputy Mayor Carolina Chavez, though she may be overwhelmed by the money, foot soldiers and endorsements behind Aguirre and Moreno.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In that time, Tucci appeared in a number of films as either a foot soldier, don, or other apparatchik of an underground criminal organization, including Quick Change, Men of Respect, Billy Bathgate, and The Public Eye.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footman. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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