Houseman vs Footman - What's the difference?
houseman | footman |
(chiefly, UK) A medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital; a house officer.
* 2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 184:
(label) 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.
*{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
, passage=And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.}}
(label) 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 ; -- so called from its livery-like colors.
As nouns the difference between houseman and footman
is that houseman is a male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant while footman is a soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.As a proper noun Houseman
is {{surname|lang=en}.houseman
English
Noun
(housemen)- A young houseman wearing his white coat and name-tag walked past us towards the apartment houses beside the lake.