footmanship
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footmanship
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From footman + -ship.
noun
- The post or position of footman; the skill or art of a footman. As the precious ‘lad’ grew older, and divers indoor potentates died off, the housekeeper had power to push her nephew on to pageship, footmanship, and divers other similar crafts, even to the final post of butler […]
- The skill or ability to run (of humans or animals). Both twaine of them doe straine themselues and lay on footemanship, Who may best runne with all his force the tother to outstrip,
Talk about this word "footmanship." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/footmanship. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. footmanship. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/footmanship "footmanship." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/footmanship.
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@misc{footmanship_2026,
title = {footmanship},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/footmanship},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
