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foot-folk|ˈfʊtfəʊk| [ME., f. foot n. + folk. Cf. MHG. vuoz̧volc, Ger. fuszvolk, Du. voetvolk, etc.] Foot-soldiers, infantry. In mod. use a new formation, prob. partly after G. fussvolk, as in quot. 1859.
1297R. 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.
1859Thackeray Virgin. II. xv, Old George Frundsberg of Mindelheim, a colonel of foot-folk in the Imperial service. 1876Morris æneids vii. 793 A cloud of foot-folk follow him. 1903Daily Chron. 11 Dec. 3/4 The British footfolk at close grips are the very devil. 1905Ibid. 24 June 4/6 The Scottish army consisted almost exclusively of foot-folk. |