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footfolk

footfolk noun: infantry.

Noun

footfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Infantry.
  2. (archaic, plural, plural-only) People travelling on foot; pedestrians.
    • […] the footfolk croon as they plod: / And Igor goes up the mountain to the Church of the Mother of God!1920, Rhys Carpenter, The Plainsman: And Other Poems, page 131
    • They were regarded as representing the mass of humbler footfolk […]1948, Hilaire Belloc, The Mercy of Allah

Origin of footfolk

Calque of German Fußvolk.

Questions about footfolk

What does footfolk mean?
Footfolk means infantry.
What part of speech is footfolk?
Footfolk is a noun.

Words near footfolk in the dictionary

  1. footfaulting
  2. footfaults
  3. footfetish
  4. footfetishism
  5. footfighting
  6. footfolk
  7. footfuck
  8. footfucked
  9. footfucker
  10. footfuckers
  11. footfucking

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