footman

About 0.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
2. noun A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
3. noun A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.
4. noun A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
5. noun A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); so called from its livery-like colors.
6. noun Especially, a common footman (Manulea lurideola).
7. noun A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.

Similar words

liveried footsoldier footwoman footmanhood foot footband footmanry footmanship flatfoot infantry

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Word family

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