0 a male servant whose job includes opening doors and serving food, and who often wears a uniform --
Instead, they received hot meals, brought by royal footman, from the castle kitchens.
Between service and sermon, an interval was allowed during which footmen poked the fires and saw that their master and mistress were comfortable.
Plainer clothing in dark colours and without braiding was worn by footmen, chauffeurs and other employees for ordinary duties.
Foot racing competitions evolved from wagers between aristocrats, who pitted their footman against that of another aristocrat in order to determine a winner.
He related that footmen in legions and horsemen in squadrons gathered round him to demand reductions of rent.
What would be said if someone were to justify that by arguing that, a footman having been given orders to open the door, the butler was barred from opening it?
A footman living above a garage or in a house would be resident, but someone living in a lodge—it may be two or three miles away—would not be resident.
Someone mentioned the footman living over the garage.
