footman

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From Middle English fotman, footman, foteman (“foot soldier, running footman”), from Old English *fōtman, *fōtmann (attested only as Old English fēþman, fēþemann (“footman”), equivalent to foot + man.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лакей (lakej) — male servant
• Dutch: lakei — male servant
• Esperanto: lakeo — male servant
• Finnish: miespalvelija — male servant
• Finnish: lakeija — male servant
• French: laquais — male servant
• French: valet de pied — male servant
• German: Lakai — male servant
• Greek: λακές (lakés) — male servant
• Italian: valletto — male servant
• Latin: pedisequus — male servant
• Plautdietsch: Schekjbenjel — male servant
• Welsh: troedwas — male servant
• Welsh: gwas lifrai — male servant
• Finnish: lakeija — servant who runs in front of his master's carriage
• Irish: giolla cóiste — servant who runs in front of his master's carriage
• Spanish: lacayo — servant who runs in front of his master's carriage
• Ottoman Turkish: چوقهدار (çokadar) — servant who runs in front of his master's carriage
• Welsh: troedwas — servant who runs in front of his master's carriage
• Finnish: aitosiilikäs — moth of the subfamily Arctiinae
• German: Bärenspinner — moth of the subfamily Arctiinae
• Welsh: troedwas — moth of the subfamily Arctiinae
• Finnish: harmokeltasiipi — Manulea lurideola
• Finnish: liipotin — part of a spinning wheel