Footman vs. Lackey — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Footman and Lackey
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Footman
A footman or footboy is a male domestic worker.
Lackey
A servile follower; a toady.
Footman
A liveried servant whose duties include admitting visitors and waiting at table.
Lackey
A liveried male servant; a footman.
Footman
A soldier in the infantry.
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Lackey
To wait on as a footman; attend.
Footman
A trivet to hang on the bars of a grate.
Lackey
To act in a servile manner; fawn.
Footman
A slender moth that is typically of a subdued colour, the caterpillar feeding almost exclusively on lichens.
Lackey
A footman, a liveried male servant.
Footman
A man employed as a servant to wait at table, attend the door, and run various errands, as in a palace.
Lackey
A fawning, servile follower.
Footman
A foot soldier; an infantryman.
Lackey
(transitive) To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.
Footman
One who travels on foot; a pedestrian.
Lackey
To toady, play the flunky.
Footman
(archaic) A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
Lackey
An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
Footman
A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
Lackey
To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
A thousand liveried angels lackey her.
Footman
(historical) A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.
Lackey
To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
Footman
A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
Lackey
A male servant (especially a footman)
Footman
A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.
Lackey
A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Footman
Especially, the common footman (Manulea lurideola)
Footman
A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.
Footman
A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
Footman
A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
Footman
Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner.
Footman
A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
Footman
A moth of the family Lithosidæ; - so called from its livery-like colors.
Footman
A man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
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