Get to know Footman better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like manservant.
Footman in a sentence
Footman meaning
- A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
- A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
- A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.
Synonyms of Footman
Using Footman
- The main meaning on this page is: A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier. | A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc. | A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.
- Useful related words include: manservant.
- In the example corpus, footman often appears in combinations such as: footman for.
Context around Footman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Footman
- In this selection, "footman" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jacqui, coated, retallack and attending stand out and add context to how "footman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lowly footman to a and became a footman for elizabeth. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "footman" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with footman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mr Burrell, 66, became a footman for Elizabeth II when he was just 18. (14 words)
One footman at the Palace found a novel way of getting his own back. (14 words)
I always show her new things I think her clients would potentially love,” Footman said. (15 words)
Most believe that Hideyoshi, envied and hated by fellow generals for his swift rise from a lowly footman to a top general under Oda Nobunaga, wanted to give the credit for taking Takamatsu to Nobunaga so as to humble himself in front of other Oda vassals. (46 words)
We get the red-coated footman attending the heavy front door; the mackintoshes hanging on hooks; the cream-and-gold wallpaper; and the statue of Queen Victoria, to which Harry and his older brother, William, always bowed when passing. (39 words)
Six years later Doe published The Heavenly Footman and finally in 1765 Relation of My Imprisonment was published, giving a total of 58 published titles. (25 words)
Example sentences (10)
He was joined by Councillor Jacqui Footman, the mayor of South Molton, who helped with the painting.
We get the red-coated footman attending the heavy front door; the mackintoshes hanging on hooks; the cream-and-gold wallpaper; and the statue of Queen Victoria, to which Harry and his older brother, William, always bowed when passing.
Mr Burrell, 66, became a footman for Elizabeth II when he was just 18.
Sired by Retallack Footman II and out of Bauer 247, he was also sashed the junior champion reserve Border Leicester ram.
I always show her new things I think her clients would potentially love,” Footman said.
One footman at the Palace found a novel way of getting his own back.
Elizabeth consoled herself with a handsome coachman and then turned to a footman for her sexual pleasure.
Foot racing competitions evolved from wagers between aristocrats, who pitted their footman against that of another aristocrat in order to determine a winner.
Most believe that Hideyoshi, envied and hated by fellow generals for his swift rise from a lowly footman to a top general under Oda Nobunaga, wanted to give the credit for taking Takamatsu to Nobunaga so as to humble himself in front of other Oda vassals.
Six years later Doe published The Heavenly Footman and finally in 1765 Relation of My Imprisonment was published, giving a total of 58 published titles.
Common combinations with footman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: