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footman (iou) and political correctness (oh)


footman (iou)



footman noun. Pl. -men. ME.
[from FOOT noun + MAN noun.]
An infantryman. ME.
A pedestrian; a (good, fast, etc.) walker or runner. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
A servant or attendant accompanying a rider or carriage on foot. Also running footman. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
A liveried servant whose chief duties include attending to the employer's carriage and door and waiting at table. E18.
A trivet to hang on grate bars. M18.
Any of a number of moths belonging to the tiger moth family Arctiidae. E19.
footmanship noun (now rare or obsolete) (a) the action of, or skill in, running or walking; (b) the occupation or office of a footman: M16.

political correctness (oh)



n [U]
language, behaviour, and attitudes that are carefully chosen so that they do not offend or insult anyone - used especially when you think someone is too careful in what they say or how they behave
-see also PC PC, politically correct politically correct
::Political correctness has had an impact on the language people use to describe women.