footfolk

English

Etymology

Calque of German Fußvolk.

Noun

footfolk pl (plural only)

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

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