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Definition of Foot race
1. Noun. A race run on foot. "She broke the record for the half-mile run"
Generic synonyms: Race
Specialized synonyms: Fun Run, Funrun, Marathon, Obstacle Race, Steeplechase, Track Event
Derivative terms: Run, Run, Run, Run
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foot Race
Literary usage of Foot race
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1890)
"As soon as the choice of sides has been made, the wagering begins, and increases
with good-natured earnestness until the time for the foot-race arrives. ..."
2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"I. OF THE FOOT-RACE. In the simple race, the extent of the stadium was run but
once, at the end of which the prize attended the victor, that is, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The foot-race and wrestling for boys, both introduc- : in;01. 37. 12. ...
The foot-race, in which men run with the equipments of heavy-armed ..."
4. Fox Texts by William Jones (1907)
"... TO WIN A FOOT-RACE.1 "Behold, they say that a woman shall be offered up as a
prize, she is the daughter of our chief. To-morrow at noon, whosoever shall ..."
5. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... hath married two daughters this year, both very well.1 The towne talk this
day is of nothing but the great foot-race run this day on ..."
6. Life of Thurlow Weed Including His Autobiography and a Memoir by Thurlow Weed, Harriet A. Weed, Thurlow Weed Barnes (1883)
"STEAMBOAT, STAGE, AND foot race. — A STEAMBOAT INCIDENT WITH GOVERNOR LEWIS AND
AARON BURR. THE Rev. John N. Campbell was called this year to the First ..."
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