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footpad

[ foot-pad ]

noun

  1. a highwayman or robber who goes on foot.


verb (used without object)

, foot·pad·ded, foot·pad·ding.
  1. to proceed stealthily on foot.

footpad

/ ˈfʊtˌpæd /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a robber or highwayman, on foot rather than horseback
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of footpad1

First recorded in 1675–85; foot + pad 2
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Example Sentences

Its plan is to simply sell NASA whatever dirt accumulates on its lander’s footpads, and it’s under no obligation to bring the regolith back to Earth.

What if a footpad started sinking into the moondust, or the Eagle sprung a leak?

I had not seen a European for more than two years, and I looked myself like a Tibetan footpad.

Others, assuming higher ground, resented silent boot as taking unfair advantage of the burglar or footpad.

"Your age hath taught you but little wisdom, if it hath taught you that I am a footpad," I said.

We won't shoot the bison, no matter what happens; he's like a gentleman assailed by a footpad.

A footpad had attacked him the night before, taken him by the throat and robbed him, leaving him half-dead in the road.

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