foot-folk
(ˈfʊtfəʊk)
[ME., f. foot n. + folk. Cf. MHG. vuo{zced}volc, Ger. fuszvolk, Du. voetvolk, etc.]
Foot-soldiers, infantry.
In mod. use a new formation, prob. partly after G. fussvolk, as in quot. 1859.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (1724) 398 Fot volc wythoute nombre. 13.. Coer de L. 4529 The foote folk and sympyl knaves, In hande they hente ful good staves. |
| 1859 Thackeray Virgin. II. xv, Old George Frundsberg of Mindelheim, a colonel of foot-folk in the Imperial service. 1876 Morris æneids vii. 793 A cloud of foot-folk follow him. 1903 Daily Chron. 11 Dec. 3/4 The British footfolk at close grips are the very devil. 1905 Ibid. 24 June 4/6 The Scottish army consisted almost exclusively of foot-folk. |