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footboys

footboys is the plural of footboy.

Meaning of footboy

Noun

footboy (plural footboys)

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

Questions about footboys

What is footboys the plural of?
Footboys is the plural of footboy.

Words near footboys in the dictionary

  1. footbow
  2. footbows
  3. footbox
  4. footboxes
  5. footboy
  6. footboys
  7. footbrake
  8. footbrakes
  9. footbrawl
  10. footbreadth
  11. footbreadths

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