Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A youth employed as a servant or page.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A boy in waiting; an attendant in livery; a lackey; a link-boy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun now historical A serving boy, attendant, page with similar duties as an adult footman.

Etymologies

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From foot +‎ boy.

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  • We placed ourselves at table, where having a chambermaid and a footboy for eye-witnesses, we kept within the bounds of brother and sister.

    - Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 7 ch. 6

    September 30, 2008