‖voetloper, noun
- Forms:
- Also voet-looper.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, voet foot + loper walker, messenger.
obs.
1. voetganger sense 1.
1900 A.H. Keane Boer States: Land & People 59 (Swart)Such young broods the Boers expressively call footlopers (footrunners) and those on the wing sprinkaans.
1934 C.P. Swart Supplement to Pettman. 185Voetlopers,..Wingless locusts, more commonly known as voetgangers or hoppers.
2. rare. voetganger sense 2 b.
1902 J.H.M. Abbott Tommy Cornstalk 10As the Boer despises a ‘Voet-looper’ so is Tommy Cornstalk ashamed to be seen walking.
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