footboy

English

Etymology

From foot +‎ boy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊtbɔɪ/

Noun

footboy (plural footboys)

1. (now historical) A serving boy, attendant, page with similar duties to those of an adult footman.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book II.9, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Our troopes are now all confounded and disordered, by reason of bag and baggage, or carriages, of lackies, and foot-boies, which because of their masters armes they carry, can never leave them.