Meanings of mere footnote in English

I was destined for greatness, not to be a mere footnote in history.

But Wellington's inadvertent invention is, indeed, a mere footnote to an extraordinary life.

They narrowly lost the replay as their giant-killing aspirations became a mere footnote in schools cup folklore.

That courageous effort was a mere footnote in a peerless career of extraordinary breakdown feats and inspirational leadership.

Galway, now a mere footnote from this 2018 hurling championship, quietly emerge from the old Burlington hotel in Ballsbridge.

This is a fascinating book, not a mere footnote to history but a revealing visit backstage behind the official facade.

Edelman goes through painstaking detail to depict decades of racism over the course of decades, but not in mere footnote fashion.

But will their performance find its way into the scrapbook of big Glasto moments, or be reduced to a mere footnote?

Meath 2-19 Wicklow 3-12 A mere footnote in a long summer of football but worth stalling over nonetheless.

If it vanished again tomorrow the world would not be much poorer, for this uncharismatic daub is a mere footnote to Vincent's brilliance.

My biggest fear is that this icon of British reggae rap will end up as a mere footnote in the annals of rock'n'roll.

Now, following months of acrimony between Egyptian and Italian officials over the still unsolved murder, the shooting has become a mere footnote in the tragedy.

Women, when included, were usually written in as mere footnotes to history.

As mere footnotes in history go, this has a fair amount riding on it.

Warm-up games are mere footnotes in history.