six-footer
- noun
- /sɪks ˈfʊtər/
- His mother, a six-footer, was a national-caliber freestyle sprinter in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- a lanky six-footer
- two six-footers
Examples
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Those words, addressed to Mosk, come from the counter of the haberdashery, from behind which there now steps a mighty six-footer.
Fiction book (1999) -
Chen casually sips coffee when a pissed-off six-footer in a blue suit rushes into the room.
Fiction book (1999) -
A six-footer, he had his long legs
Fiction book (1997) -
He was only about five feet seven, but he had the legs and feet of a six-footer.
Fiction book (1995) -
He was a six-footer.
Fiction book (1990) -
The six-footer's lank construction, always on the thin side ever since my teens, is the sort that holds up well enough as you go into middle age, with pushups and sit-ups every day or so helping out.
Fiction book (1991) -
Another undercover agent, Tex Clevenger, a lean six-footer in his late twenties who posed as McManis's messenger, was at the wheel today so Joe could run his crews from the street.
Fiction book (1999) -
Jac Holzman, distinguished six-footer, in a suit, and Paul Rothchild, funky, pigtailed ex-con in his early 30s.
Fiction book (1991) -
Indeed, one of them, a lanky, ginger-haired six-footer dressed in a red woolen tunic and matching pants, bore an eerie resemblance to Mair's own brother.
Academic text (2010) -
As a basketball player, being a six-footer gives him a significant advantage on the court.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Six-footer joins six and foot with the ending -er that names a person, much like baker or runner. So a six-footer is simply someone who is 'six feet tall'.