noun ˈfʊtbɔɪˈfo͝otboiˈfʊtbɔɪ
historical A boy employed as a servant.
Example sentencesExamples
- At 13, Read was sent to be a footboy to a French woman but she ran off and joined a man-of-war crew still disguised as a man.
- Still disguised as a boy, Mary found a job as a footboy to a wealthy French woman living in London.
- She has closed herself off - sneering at the young lovers, ignoring the footboy and the beggar.
- Over the years I have accumulated many footboys, slaves, fans and friends all over the world.
- Then a teenager, Mary was hired out as a footboy to a French woman.