footman

Example Sentences

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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

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

Out of a thousand centuries they drew the ancient admiration of the footman for the horseman.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck