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footers
A footer is a bit of printed text at the very bottom of a page. The most common kind of footer is a page number.
In academic writing, page numbers are frequently formatted as footers centered at the bottom — or "foot" — of each page. When the page numbers of the novel you're reading are printed at the bottom of the pages, you can call those footers too. A footnote is different from a footer, although both come at the end of a page — footnotes appear less regularly, and each one is different, while a footer follows a regular pattern.
Definitions of footer
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(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet“he is a six- footer”“the golfer sank a 40- footer”“his yacht is a 60- footer”
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type of:
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linear measure, linear unit
a unit of measurement of length
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linear measure, linear unit
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a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
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synonyms:
footnote
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type of:
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annotation, notation, note
a comment or instruction (usually added)
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annotation, notation, note
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a person who travels by foot
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synonyms:
pedestrian, walker
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types:
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hiker, tramp, tramper
a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
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hobbler, limper
someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait
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jaywalker
a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally
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marcher, parader
walks with regular or stately step
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nondriver
a person who is not a driver
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passer, passer-by, passerby
a person who passes by casually or by chance
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peripatetic
a person who walks from place to place
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rambler
a person who takes long walks in the country
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ambler, saunterer, stroller
someone who walks at a leisurely pace
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shuffler
someone who walks without raising the feet
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reeler, staggerer, totterer
someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall
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stalker
someone who walks with long stiff strides
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stamper, stomper, tramper, trampler
someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground
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strider
a person who walks rapidly with long steps
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stumbler, tripper
a walker or runner who trips and almost falls
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swaggerer
someone who walks in an arrogant manner
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plodder, slogger, trudger
someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner
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waddler
someone who walks with a waddling gait
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wayfarer
a pedestrian who walks from place to place
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backpacker, packer
a hiker who wears a backpack
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pivot, pivot man
the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
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wheeler
the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
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