- (in combination)
a person or thing of a specified length or height in feet: a six-footer
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foot•er
(fŏŏt′ər),USA pronunciation n.
- [Brit. Informal.]
- Rugby (def. 3).
- soccer.
- [Archaic.]a person who walks;
walker;
pedestrian. - Computinga line of information placed at the end of a page for purposes of identification.
- foot + -er1 1600–10
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short forfootball 1
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