Obs. [ME., f. FOOT sb. + FOLK. Cf. MHG. vuozvolc, Ger. fuszvolk, Du. voetvolk, etc.] Foot-soldiers, infantry.

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1297.  R. Glouc. (1724), 398. Fot volc wyþoute nombre.

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13[?].  Coer de L., 4529.

        The foote folk and sympyl knaves,
In hande they hente ful good staves.

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1859.  Thackeray, Virgin., II. xv. A favourite book of his grandfather had been the life of old George Frundsberg of Mindelheim, a colonel of foot-folk in the Imperial service at Pavia fight, and during the wars of the Constable Bourbon.

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