Footfolk

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Infantry. archaic, plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    People travelling on foot; pedestrians. archaic, plural, plural-only

    "[…] the footfolk croon as they plod: / And Igor goes up the mountain to the Church of the Mother of God!"

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infantrypedestrian

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"[…] the footfolk croon as they plod: / And Igor goes up the mountain to the Church of the Mother of God!"

Etymology

Calque of German Fußvolk.

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