Footgoer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who goes by foot; a walker; pedestrian.

    "There is no pavement for the foot-goer but the sharp, round stones sticking up from side to side, and sloping down to the sluiceway in the middle."

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pedestrianpedestrian

Example

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"There is no pavement for the foot-goer but the sharp, round stones sticking up from side to side, and sloping down to the sluiceway in the middle."

Etymology

From foot + goer. Compare Yiddish פֿוסגייער (fusgeyer), German Fußgeher, Fußgänger, and also etymologically similar footganger.

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