We have used the English term footman to indicate what is usually called a waiter in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
The arms of the footman were a sword, a spear, and a bow. From Wordnik.com. [Outline of Universal History] Reference
That the household was once more without a footman was a hard fact. From Wordnik.com. [Anthony Lyveden] Reference
The gentleman should break out through the footman, which is not the case as he does it. '. From Wordnik.com. [Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood] Reference
She sealed the two letters, sent the maid to call the footman, and gave him his instructions. From Wordnik.com. [The Saint] Reference
"Will your majesty permit me to call the footman, and ask him to hurry up the postilion?" said Madame von Berg, leaning out of the window. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
The gentleman should break out through the footman, which is not the case as he does it.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.] Reference
The footman was the most famous runner in. From Wordnik.com. [Stradella] Reference
"You may come in, Miss," said the footman at last. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
The footman remained silent, but partly closed the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
At that moment Giles and a footman appeared with candles. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
"To the Hotel de Montgeron," said Zibeline to her footman. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then, addressing her footman, she said in English: "Home!". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"What is all that noise?" demanded Vogotzine of the liveried footman. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Honoré to the footman in attendance at the door of the mansion on the. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
"Hi 'ave no orders regarding you, ma'am," declared the footman, slowly. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
She always came in an elegant landau, with liveried coachman and footman. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
The footman was already before her and presented to her a card upon a salver. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
John knocked very humbly, and in a moment it was opened by a well-dressed footman. From Wordnik.com. [The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People] Reference
He would have said more, but she turned calmly away from him, and spoke to the footman. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
Ye gods! they would like to ask for details from one's very footman at the hall door! '. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
But before the footman could speak again, Belle rose majestically and crossed the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
The footman in livery -- very sleepy and tousled as yet -- was unchaining the front door. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
The brougham had been stopped just near a bye-road, and as the footman had assured me that the. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
The footman, in his fright, had leaped from behind the carriage, and was following with the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference
"In Mr. Starkweather's den, Miss," said the footman, being unable to leave his post at the moment. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
The footman was gone but a moment, and returning, announced that the family would be down directly. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Boy Reporter] Reference
And she summoned the footman to tell him that if M. Dorsenne asked for her, he should be shown into. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Moved by her persistence, the footman went in to inquire, and came back immediately with the answer. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The hour was still early, it being barely eight o'clock, when James, the footman, entered the room and announced. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
He went upstairs with a comparatively light step, and tossed his overcoat to a very sleepy footman who had risen to receive him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I was in the ante-room, where the footman was helping me off with my top-coat, when Jean, approaching me with a suspicion of mystery, said. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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