footer

[ foot-er ]

/ ˈfʊt ər /

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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.

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Origin of footer

First recorded in 1600–10; foot + -er¹

Words nearby footer

foot doctor, foot-dragging, foot drop, Foote, footed, footer, footfall, footfault, footframe, footgear, Foot Guards

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How to use footer in a sentence

Keep in mind that if your priority page is in the footer or main navigation, every page on the site will likely link to it, so this gives you an idea of where that page should sit within your sitemap hierarchy.
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Focus on header and footer links because of how much they shift PageRank.
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We hauled the tree, a good seven-footer, home and raised it upright in its metal stand, ready to be decorated.
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I was the dark complexioned man of the party, and as a “first-footer” in great request.
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"I think I'll play footer again next term," he added inconsequently.
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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.
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She is a sixteen-footer and quite fast, in spite of being rather broad in the beam.
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He was a big six-footer, weighing pretty nearly two hundred pounds.
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British Dictionary definitions for footer (1 of 3)

footer¹

/ (ˈfʊtə) /

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

British Dictionary definitions for footer (2 of 3)

footer²

/ (ˈfʊtə) /

noun

British informal short for football (def. 1)

British Dictionary definitions for footer (3 of 3)

footer³

fouter

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

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