Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

footfolk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: foot-folk
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

noun

People travelling on foot; pedestrians.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] the footfolk croon as they plod: / And Igor goes up the mountain to the Church of the Mother of God!"
"They were regarded as representing the mass of humbler footfolk […]"

Etymology

Calque of German Fußvolk.

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does footfolk mean?: Infantry.
Where does footfolk come from?: Calque of German Fußvolk.

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