footman
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Mr. Molesley endeared audiences with his hapless but well-meaning misadventures in the series, eventually transitioning from footman to local schoolteacher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Ravec evolved out of a 2003 Daily Mirror stunt when one of its reporters blagged his way into a job as a Buckingham Palace footman.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
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
‘Go and fetch Saruman, since you have become his footman, Gríma Wormtongue!’ said Gandalf.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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
We understand the tribulations of the great British country houses as the country creaked into the twentieth century: thieving footmen, deranged ladies’-maids, and troublesome romances between under-butlers.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 2, 2019
The footmen looked relieved to see me, and I immediately signalled them to get to their positions.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
