English dictionary

footmen Meaning & Definition

/ˈfʊt.mən/

What Does Footmen Mean?

As a noun, footmen means plural of footman.

A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.
A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.
A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.

footmen

Footmen is pronounced /ˈfʊt.mən/ and has 2 syllables, with the main stress on the first syllable (fʊt).