单词	footman
释义	footman /ˈfʊtmən / noun (plural footmen) 1A liveried servant whose duties include admitting visitors and waiting at table.An army of servants - maids, footmen, cooks and gardeners - made the luxurious lifestyle of the family possible.... It is a sweeping assessment of the backroom boys - and they are usually male - the valets, the footmen, the butlers who make up the backbone of the royal retinue, but it is one that many with experience of the system recognise. Alas, visions of liveried footmen and Royal Doulton soon vanished as we pulled into the driveway of Clapped Out Estates, and the effusive greetings of a red-nosed investment banker dressed in plus fours and carpet slippers. 2 historical A soldier in the infantry.When you signed up, you were asked where you wanted to be, cavalry, archery, footmen, swordsmen, smiths.... There are only a few units: peasants, footmen, knights, archers and catapults. A great enthusiasm filled the air as the armies spread out, loosening ranks, cavalry and footmen finding their way across the road and into the fields and woods. 3 archaic A trivet to hang on the bars of a grate. 4A slender moth that is typically of a subdued colour, the caterpillar feeding almost exclusively on lichens. Several genera in the family Arctiidae: many species, including the common European Eilema lurideola. Rhymes footmen
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