voetgangern.

Brit.

/ˈvʊtɡaŋə/,

/ˈfʊtɡaŋə/, U.S.

/ˈvʊtˌɡæŋə/,

/ˈfʊtˌɡæŋə/, South African English

/ˈfʊtxʌŋə/

Forms: Also foot-ganger.

Etymology: < Afrikaans, < Dutch ‘pedestrian’, < voet foot + ganger one who goes.

South African.

1. A locust in its immature wingless stage. Cf. hopper n.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Locustidae > member of (locust) > in immature stage

brukea1382

Bruchusa1398

voetganger1824

1824 S. Afr. Jrnl. Jan.–Feb. 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 ‘voet gangers’.

1873 F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds 300 We drove through a host of foot-gangers on the trek. These are the larvæ of locust.

1913 J. J. Doke Secret City (ed. 2) 119 The locusts, the voetgangers, came in their countless millions.

1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 79 See there, and there it gnaws, the Rust—Voet-ganger of the coming swarm.

1966 E. 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.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > one going on foot

foota1225

footmana1382

walkerc1390

footera1425

ganger1424

trampler1580

foot folk1583

marcher1589

leg-stretcher1612

foot traveller1631

pedestrian1641

ambulator1652

foot walker1751

turnpiker1812

foot passenger1832

ped1863

voetganger1902

jaywalker1917

stepper1934

foot-slogger1956

1902 C. 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.

1950 L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon 144 In some ways the voetganger of a century ago fared better than the modern tramp.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	voetganger
释义	voetgangern. Brit. /ˈvʊtɡaŋə/, /ˈfʊtɡaŋə/, U.S. /ˈvʊtˌɡæŋə/, /ˈfʊtˌɡæŋə/, South African English /ˈfʊtxʌŋə/ Forms: Also foot-ganger. Etymology: < Afrikaans, < Dutch ‘pedestrian’, < voet foot + ganger one who goes. South African. 1. A locust in its immature wingless stage. Cf. hopper n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Locustidae > member of (locust) > in immature stage brukea1382 Bruchusa1398 voetganger1824 1824 S. Afr. Jrnl. Jan.–Feb. 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 ‘voet gangers’. 1873 F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds 300 We drove through a host of foot-gangers on the trek. These are the larvæ of locust. 1913 J. J. Doke Secret City (ed. 2) 119 The locusts, the voetgangers, came in their countless millions. 1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 79 See there, and there it gnaws, the Rust—Voet-ganger of the coming swarm. 1966 E. 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. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > one going on foot foota1225 footmana1382 walkerc1390 footera1425 ganger1424 trampler1580 foot folk1583 marcher1589 leg-stretcher1612 foot traveller1631 pedestrian1641 ambulator1652 foot walker1751 turnpiker1812 foot passenger1832 ped1863 voetganger1902 jaywalker1917 stepper1934 foot-slogger1956 1902 C. 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. 1950 L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon 144 In some ways the voetganger of a century ago fared better than the modern tramp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1824
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