Footman vs. Lackey — What's the Difference?

A footman or footboy is a male domestic worker.

A servile follower; a toady.

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

A liveried male servant; a footman.

A soldier in the infantry.

To wait on as a footman; attend.

A trivet to hang on the bars of a grate.

To act in a servile manner; fawn.

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

A footman, a liveried male servant.

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

A fawning, servile follower.

A foot soldier; an infantryman.

(transitive) To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.

One who travels on foot; a pedestrian.

To toady, play the flunky.

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

An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.

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

To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.

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

To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

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

A male servant (especially a footman)

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

A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

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