footman
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For BBC’s “Victoria,” Schiller starred as Cornelius Penge, a footman who served the royal family at both Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
During an event at the Gibside estate, in Rowlands Gill, they learned about William Johnson, who was black and worked as a footman there in the late 1700s.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2023
It had belonged, Ms. Miller said, to her great-aunt Lizzie, who had been a downstairs maid at a grand house in Scotland and had married the footman.
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
The footman approached the litter and spoke with his eyes averted to the ground.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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
Instead Marcia calmly watches Logan’s footmen turned back into mice, scurrying about as they jockey for power.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2023
C3PO is a little bit Jeevesy, and like any number of Britsoap footmen.
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2017
Dame Olga continued, “With a coachman and two footmen, they will be safe from everything except ogres. And from ogres I could offer little protection. Besides, they’ll have more fun without their old mother.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
