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

He just refused to be beaten and had to hole a closing six footer for birdie to go lower in relation to par than any previous major champion.

From BBC

McIlroy reached halfway under par, but only after holing an eight footer for birdie on the last.

From BBC

The bones were first dug up by the unnamed contractor on May 23 as footers were being dug for a new home.

From Washington Times

The New York Post covered Trump's declaration with a bottom-of-front-page footer irreverently headlined, "Florida Man Makes Announcement".

From BBC

An obituary from Sail World reported that he won four UK grand prix titles with Team Pica in the 18 footers class and also European titles, including the coveted Mark Foy Trophy regatta.

From BBC