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noun a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
originFrom 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.
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