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Recent Examples of footman
Robert James-Collier was cast as footman Thomas Barrow when the series premiered in 2010.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The former footman for the Van Rhijn household has undergone the most dramatic transformation of any character in The Gilded Age universe.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
The next morning, a footman brought back an acceptance.
—Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
And, as the continuing storyline of van Rhijn/Brook Forte house footman Jack Trotter (Ben Ahlers) and his patented alarm clock that his new business partner Larry hopes to sell, illustrates, men have additional outlets for economic elevation.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The former footman for the Van Rhijn household has undergone the most dramatic transformation of any character in The Gilded Age universe.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
The next morning, a footman brought back an acceptance.
—Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
And, as the continuing storyline of van Rhijn/Brook Forte house footman Jack Trotter (Ben Ahlers) and his patented alarm clock that his new business partner Larry hopes to sell, illustrates, men have additional outlets for economic elevation.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footman
Noun
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The world of Downton Abbey is getting the Naked Gun treatment, and no one — whether lord, lady, butler, or maid — is safe from ridicule.—
Mike Miller,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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Keep in mind, there are also often guest service perks available; Ali shares that visitors appreciate Langham’s butler suite services, which include unpacking, ironing, and arranging wardrobes for guests.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Was the unit’s survival due to the men’s indispensable service as Loyalist laborers and cavalrymen?—
Kinsey Gidick,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Dec. 2024
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The novel begins in 1864 with a young man named Bird waking up from a bad dream to the sound of cannon fire and gunshots: Hundreds of U.S. Army cavalrymen are descending on his Cheyenne and Arapaho camp in what will eventually be known as the Sand Creek Massacre.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2024
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He is attended and aided by his faithful manservant, Graham, and sometimes assisted by another confidant, Dr. Thomas McConnell.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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These included a gentleman singing with his manservant on Mardi Gras, seven apprentices of a ribbon maker singing together, and a woman charged for singing while working in her house and yard, among many others.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
9 May 2025
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Overburdened infantrymen who had been on the front lines for months, some since the Normandy landings, remained there for weeks and months on end.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Decker was an Army infantryman from March 2013 to July 2021, according to FOX 13.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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City officials say on-street dining and valet spots are costing many thousands of dollars per year in potential parking meter revenue that could fund city services.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Oct. 2025
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At one point, video appears to show the shop’s front doors lock the robbers inside, before one of them fires off several shots through the glass, allowing the group to escape to getaway cars parked in the lot’s valet area.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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At the Battle of White Plains on October 28, 1776, General George Washington’s soldiers were forced to retreat following an attack from a small contingent of British dragoons.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 July 2025
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Burgoyne returned to duty as an aging dragoon captain, just in time to win fame at the cannon's mouth in the Seven Years' War, notably in Normandy and Brittany against the French, and on the Tagus River near Lisbon against the Spanish.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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Nonetheless, the two become close, to the degree that they are compared to Don Quixote and his faithful servant Sancho Panza.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Their society was hierarchical, with those below the caciques known as the nitaínos (elites), behiques (perhaps shamans), and the naborías (usually servants and commoners).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Kingsnorth’s break with the green movement, after years of being one of its most visible foot soldiers, cost him.—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Rivas, 31, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, belongs to Facebook groups where residents share updates about cultural festivals, church programs and, these days, the presence of Trump’s deportation foot soldiers.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Footman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footman. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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