A manservant (usually in livery) employed mainly to wait at table or attend a coach or carriage.
| 单词 | θ171050 |
| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > [noun] > liveried > footman or flunkey (12) footman1662 A manservant (usually in livery) employed mainly to wait at table or attend a coach or carriage. flunkey1786 A male servant in livery, esp. a footman, lackey; usually with implied contempt. yellow-plush1841 A footman, esp. one who wears breeches made of yellow plush. Also in extended use: an underling, a lackey. Jeames1846 (After Thackeray) a ludicrous name for a liveried footman. Thomas1846 Generic name for a footman or waiter. John Thomas1860 (A generic name for) a liveried servant, esp. a footman. Obsolete. little man1885 At Eton College: a footman. Obsolete. Subcategories:— collectively (2) — characteristics or occupation of (3) |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。