Plural of footman

irregular plural

The plural of footman is footmen.

Forms of footman

When he travelled by coach the vehicle was accompanied by his liveried footmen running alongside to ensure its smooth passage (footmen would not be indoor servants until a century later).2016, Anna Keay, chapter 8, in The Last Royal Rebel, London: Bloomsbury
However, sources believe the feisty snappers have already wounded guardsmen, policemen, footmen and the royal clockwinder.1988 December 20, “Queen's pooches seeing a shrink after nipping spree”, in Weekly World News, page 13. From the entry clockwinder
What is disturbing (and distorting) is that these writers should be assembled like so many courtiers or footmen round the bethroned, centre-stage figures of Osbert and Edith Sitwell.2017, Laura Severin, Poetry Off the Page. From the entry bethroned
Eventually, the food was mostly gone, and two footmen arrived and carted the remnants away, leaving the company sipping wine and cider and lazing in semisomnolence in the afternoon's warmth.2020, Stephanie Laurens, The Inevitable Fall of Christopher Cynster. From the entry semisomnolence

noun A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
noun A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
noun A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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