footman
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She married the dying William Mason during the series and later settled down with Andrew Parker, a footman in the house who has now taken over for Mr. Carson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Guy Hunting, a published author and previously a footman at Buckingham Palace, has been a resident for 14 years.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024
The footman died in the trenches during World War I, and Lizzie never remarried.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
A newspaper reporter who went undercover to work as a palace footman reinforced that down-to-earth image, taking photos of the royal Tupperware on the breakfast table and a rubber duck in the bath.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Lisa had been with us for some eight or nine months - and I had largely forgotten her existence by this point - when she vanished from the house together with the second footman.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Maybe he would pay the staff more, promote the Black footmen or at least give them some better treatment.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2023
Alongside the coach, walk nine grooms, six footmen and four Yeomen of the Guard.
From BBC ● May 4, 2023
When the golden state coach, pulled by eight white horses and surrounded by liveried footmen, came into view, he knew it was time to use them.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
We are not a nation of shopkeepers; we are a nation of butlers, footmen and lady’s maids.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2019
Arthur detached his own footmen, under Merlyn, to deal with the infantry battle which was centred round the camp, and he himself pressed on with his cavalry against the kings themselves.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
