footer [foo t-er] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- British Informal.
- a person or thing having or associated with a height or length of a foot or a specified number of feet (often used in combination): a six-footer.
- Computers. a line of information placed at the end of a page for purposes of identification.
- Archaic. a person who walks; walker; pedestrian.
Origin of footer First recorded in 1600–10; foot + -er1 Examples from the Web for footer Historical Examples of footer
Aren’t you the oul’ footer to be lettin’ it slip down like that?
St. John G. Ervine
Not that footer is the most important thing in a man’s life.
War Letters of a Public-School Boy
Paul Jones.
They knew, too, that footer and cricket and swimming were forbidden to him.
F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
He played wing three for them at footer against us this year on their ground.
P. G. Wodehouse
Did you send me a letter about not giving Barry his footer colours?
P. G. Wodehouse
British Dictionary definitions for footer footer 1 noun
- archaic a person who goes on foot; walker
- (in combination) a person or thing of a specified length or height in feeta six-footer
footer 2 noun
- British informal short for football (def. 1)
footer 3fouter Scot verb (intr)
- to potter; occupy oneself trivially or to little effect
noun
- a person who footers
Word Origin for footer perhaps from French foutre; see footle Word Origin and History for footer n.
c.1600, “pedestrian;” 1781, “a kick at football;” 1863, British student slang, “the game of football;” see foot (n.), football, -er.