footfolk

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footfolk

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Calque of German Fußvolk.

noun

  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!

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"footfolk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/footfolk. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{footfolk_2026,
  title = {footfolk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/footfolk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}