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voetganger S. Afr.|ˈfuːtxaŋə(r)|
Also foot-ganger.
[a. Afrikaans, f. Du. ‘pedestrian’, f. voet foot + ganger one who goes.]
1. A locust in its immature wingless stage. Cf. hopper1 2.
1824S. Afr. Jrnl. I. 70 The flying locusts are..less dreaded in this colony, than those which have not quite reached that stage of maturity, and are..vulgarly called ‘voetgangers’. 1873F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds 300 We drove through a host of foot-gangers on the trek. These are the larvæ of locust. 1913J. J. Doke Secret City 119 The locusts, the voetgangers, came in their countless millions. 1936R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 79 See there, and there it gnaws, the Rust—Voet-ganger of the coming swarm. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xv. 244 All the world turns out to devour the voetgangers, but I remember only the white storks which appeared in numbers, and the fowls. When the first voetganger column appeared, our domestic fowls went berserk.
2. A pedestrian; also, (in quot. 1902) an infantryman.
1902C. R. De Wet Three Years' War 410 It was exceedingly difficult for Colonials to rise, for they knew that not only would they have to be voetgangers, but also that if they were captured they would be..punished. 1950L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon 144 In some ways the voetganger of a century ago fared better than the modern tramp. |