Word Finder - footmen

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A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.

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A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.

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A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.

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A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.

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A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.

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A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.

The footmen drew back the chairs and pushed them up again.

Randolph advanced with his footmen against the English horse, who unwarily accepted his challenge and were defeated by his spearmen.

It stopped, and two footmen went to the doors while two others opened the trunk.

She must have two footmen behind her carriage, and very big ones.

When the king went forth to war thirteen great crosses made of gold and jewels were carried in wagons before him as his standards, and each was followed by 10,000 knights and 100,000 footmen.

The Mayor in his robes mounted on a Horse richly caparisoned, led by two footmen called redcoats with white wands.

Notes on cards in copperplate handwriting in scented envelopes delivered by discreet footmen are how it should be.

Then the strains of the count's household band were replaced by the clatter of knives and forks, the voices of visitors, and the soft steps of the footmen.

Doesn't it look as if that glow were in Moscow? remarked one of the footmen.

Taran cursed the animal again under his breath and blocked two strikes before they broke free of the footmen.

In 1726 Defoe published a curious and amusing little pamphlet entitled Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business, or Private Abuses Public Grievances, exemplified in the Pride, Insolence, and Exorbitant Wages of our Women-Servants, Footmen, &c. This subject was a favourite one with him, and in the pamphlet he showed the immaturity of his political views by advocating legislative interference in these matters.

The window frame which prevented anyone from sitting on the outer sill was being forced out by two footmen, who were evidently flurried and intimidated by the directions and shouts of the gentlemen around.

Pushing away the footmen he tugged at the frame, but could not move it.

One of the footmen who had stooped to pick up some broken glass remained in that position without taking his eyes from the window and from Dolokhov's back.

The footmen began moving about, chairs scraped, the band struck up in the gallery, and the guests settled down in their places.

Again the footmen rushed about, chairs scraped, and in the same order in which they had entered but with redder faces, the guests returned to the drawing room and to the count's study.

In the dining room, which like all the rooms in the house was exceedingly lofty, the members of the household and the footmen--one behind each chair--stood waiting for the prince to enter.

The head butler, napkin on arm, was scanning the setting of the table, making signs to the footmen, and anxiously glancing from the clock to the door by which the prince was to enter.

He was met in the avenue by coachmen and footmen, who, with loud shouts, dragged his sleighs up to one of the lodges over the road purposely laden with snow.

Powdered footmen, in livery with buckled shoes and smart stockings, stood at every door anxiously noting visitors' every movement in order to offer their services.

He winked at the butler, whispered directions to the footmen, and awaited each expected dish with some anxiety.

When the voices subsided, the footmen cleared away the broken glass and everybody sat down again, smiling at the noise they had made and exchanging remarks.

The sun had sunk half below the horizon and an evening frost was starring the puddles near the ferry, but Pierre and Andrew, to the astonishment of the footmen, coachmen, and ferrymen, still stood on the raft and talked.

Carriages kept driving away and fresh ones arriving, with red-liveried footmen and footmen in plumed hats.

It really was Melyukovka, and maids and footmen with merry faces came running, out to the porch carrying candles.

The count got out helped by the footmen, and, passing among men and women who were entering and the program sellers, they all three went along the corridor to the first row of boxes.

The housekeeper, the old nurse, the cooks, coachmen, maids, footmen, postilions, and scullions stood at the gate, staring at the wounded.

In the refreshment room and the hall, footmen were bustling about with wine and viands.

The footmen came in with sad and stern faces to change the candles, but no one noticed them.

While in the Rostovs' ballroom the sixth anglaise was being danced, to a tune in which the weary musicians blundered, and while tired footmen and cooks were getting the supper, Count Bezukhov had a sixth stroke.