An attendant or foot servant; spec. one employed to run ahead of or alongside a coach, carriage, or (in early use) a rider of rank. Cf. running f…

a foot servant.

A footman, esp. a running footman; a valet.

A lackey.

‘A lacquey, that attends the stirrup’ (Blount Glossogr., 1674); a footman. Chiefly with reference to Italy.

A person who or animal which runs along the outside or outer side of something, as an attendant who runs ahead of or beside a carriage, a dog…

A footman who ran before his master.

One who has to jump or skip over the kennels or gutters; a lackey, a foot-boy, a footman. (Cf. skip, n.1 3.)

A foot servant or page. Cf. catch-fart n. at catch, v. compounds. Now historical.

The driver of a horse-drawn carriage; (also) a footman or other attendant for a horse-drawn carriage. Now chiefly historical.