footman

Example Sentences

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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

Dru Marshall, 26, of Romsey, Hampshire, claimed to be a senior footman at Windsor Castle when he listed an "antler walking stick" for auction.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 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

As we had but one footman left, he taught me the niceties of waiting on guests and receding motionless when nothing more was needed.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson