footman

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: foot=man

CIDE DICTIONARY

footman, n. 

•  A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.  [1913 Webster]
•  A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner.  Prior.  [1913 Webster]
•  A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.  [1913 Webster]
•  A moth of the family Lithosidæ; -- so called from its livery-like colors.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

footman, n. (pl. -men)
1 a liveried servant attending at the door, at table, or on a carriage.
2 hist. an infantryman.

ROGET THESAURUS

footman

Servant

N servant, subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp (Cambridge), hamal, scout (Oxford), serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds, in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds.