boots1 (bots)

[Pl. of boot2.] 1. The porter or servant in a hotel who blacks the boots of guests and in some cases attends to the baggage. Formerly called a boot - catcher. He began life as a boots , he will probably end as a peer. Hood. To gain but your smiles, were I Sardana pal us, I'd descend from my throne, and be boots at an alehouse. Barham, In golds by Legends, II. 39. 2. In tales of Norse mythology, the youngest son of a family, always represented as especially clever and succe ful.-3. A name applied to the youngest officer in a British reg i ment, or to the youngest member of a club, [Eng. slang.]