Footman vs. Butler — What's the Difference?

A footman or footboy is a male domestic worker.

A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry.

A liveried servant whose duties include admitting visitors and waiting at table.

The chief manservant of a house.

A soldier in the infantry.

The head servant in a household who is usually in charge of food service, the care of silverware, and the deportment of the other servants.

A trivet to hang on the bars of a grate.

A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.

A slender moth that is typically of a subdued colour, the caterpillar feeding almost exclusively on lichens.

The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.

A man employed as a servant to wait at table, attend the door, and run various errands, as in a palace.

A valet, a male personal attendant.

A foot soldier; an infantryman.

To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

One who travels on foot; a pedestrian.

An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.

(archaic) A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.

A manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table

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

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

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

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

Especially, the common footman (Manulea lurideola)

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

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

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

Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner.

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

A moth of the family Lithosidæ; - so called from its livery-like colors.

A man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores