A footer is text such as a name or page number that can be automatically displayed at the bottom of each page of a printed document. Compare header.
[computing]
Page Mode shows headers, footers, footnotes and page numbers.
footer in British English1
(ˈfʊtə)
noun
1. archaic
a person who goes on foot; walker
2. (in combination)
a person or thing of a specified length or height in feet
a six-footer
footer in British English2
(ˈfʊtə)
noun
British informal short for football (sense 1)
footer in British English3
or fouter (ˈfuːtər, ˈfuːtə) Scottish
verb(intransitive)
1.
to potter; occupy oneself trivially or to little effect
noun
2.
a person who footers
Word origin
perhaps from French foutre; see footle
footer in American English
(ˈfʊtər)
noun
1.
footing (sense 6)
2.
in word processing, a line or lines of text, typically consisting of the topic, date, page number, etc., printed at the bottom of each page of a document
-footer in American English
(ˈfʊtər)
a person or thing (a specified number of) feet tall, high, long, etc.
used in hyphenated compounds [six-footer]
All related terms of 'footer'
left-footer
(esp in Ireland and Scotland) a Roman Catholic
six-footer
Someone who is six foot tall can be called a six-footer .
goofy-footer
a surfboard rider or snowboarder who stands with the right foot forward instead of the left foot forward
right-footer
(esp in Ireland ) a Protestant
first-foot
the first person to enter a household in the New Year . By Hogmanay tradition a dark-haired man who crosses the threshold at midnight brings good luck