footer

[ foot-er ]

noun

1. British Informal.
   1. Rugby ( def 1 ).
   2. soccer.
2. 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.

3. Computers. a line of information placed at the end of a page for purposes of identification.
4. Archaic. a person who walks; walker; pedestrian.

footer

¹

/ 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

²

/ ˈfuːtə; ˈfuːtər /

verb

1. to potter; occupy oneself trivially or to little effect

noun

1. a person who footers

footer

³

/ ˈfʊtə /

noun

1. informal.
   short for football

Word History and Origins

Origin of footer¹

First recorded in 1600–10; foot + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of footer¹

perhaps from French foutre ; see footle

Example Sentences

We hauled the tree, a good seven-footer, home and raised it upright in its metal stand, ready to be decorated.

From The Daily Beast

I was the dark complexioned man of the party, and as a “first-footer” in great request.

From Project Gutenberg

"I think I'll play footer again next term," he added inconsequently.

From Project Gutenberg

When I holed out an eighteen-footer at the seventh, he was so mad, he wouldn't speak to me all the rest of the afternoon.

From Project Gutenberg

She is a sixteen-footer and quite fast, in spite of being rather broad in the beam.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a big six-footer, weighing pretty nearly two hundred pounds.

From Project Gutenberg