| 单词 | foot page |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot page foot page n. now chiefly historical and rare a boy or youth employed as an attendant or foot servant; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > footman > boy foot pagec1390 footboy1590 c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine l. 745 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 74 But voluptuosite eueneþ him to as a fot page. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 519/1 A foot-page. 1630 Lamentable Ditty Little Mousgroue (single sheet) i./2 Then swiftly runnes the little Foot-Page, vnto his Lord with speed, Who then was feasting with his deare friends, not dreaming of this ill deede. ?1760 Good Housewife's Coat Arms (single sheet) For her attendance she call'd her foot-page, Saying, bring me my servants. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. i. 20 Callum Beg, the sort of foot-page who used to attend his person. View more context for this quotation 1909 Outlook 25 Sept. 230/1 John Aubrey..knows his value as a kind of foot-page to the Muse of Biography. 1994 M. Ribowsky Don't look Back xx. 325 Three years of serving as the owners' footpage was enough for any good soldier. < as lemmas |
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