footfolk en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of German Fußvolk.
Meanings
- (archaic, plural, plural-only) Infantry.
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(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: