footgoer

plural footgoers · alternative foot-goer · alternative foot goer

1. One who goes by foot; a walker; pedestrian.

   The horses went at a good pace on this soft grass, and soon the two footgoers called out to us to stop.

   1912, Blackwood's Magazine - Volume 191, page 643

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   There is no pavement for the foot-goer but the sharp, round stones sticking up from side to side, and sloping down to the sluiceway in the middle.

   1847, Donald Grant Mitchell, Fresh Gleanings

   I came to the conclusion that she was a “grownup” and a “footgoer,” and pointed out her path. She looked at it, and seemed disappointed.

   1900, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men on the Bummel

   We will not admit ourselves to be inexperienced footgoers, having learned some years before the war, in the Tyrol, all about thick-soled shoes, double-woollen stockings, interchangeable linings, and so on; but here in Spain we had been tempted again to profit by the experience of others, as we had done formerly in the Tyrol.

   1924, Jan Gordon, Cora Gordon, Misadventures with a donkey in Spain, page 125

   All but the footgoers pushed on to the Hermitage, where Sam dismounted to stand beside Jackson as the great man spoke his praises.

   1929, John Milton Oskison, A Texas Titan: The Story of Sam Houston, page 93

   The night was open with cold wind; footgoers made blazing fires of the dry bushes and stood by, a moment, to warm themselves.

   1936, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta - Volume 1 - Page 78