foot soldier
Americannoun
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an infantryman.
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a dedicated low-level follower.
noun
Etymology
Origin of foot soldier
First recorded in 1615–25
Example Sentences
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Kudryashev said a commander dispatched him and another foot soldier with the goal of reaching a point in a forest near Kreminna in eastern Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
"He was an enthusiastic foot soldier in that conspiracy," Erik Kenerson, a prosecutor, told the judge on Friday.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023
He has instead been described by some journalists as "a foot soldier".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023
Bao Ninh wrote perhaps the saddest, most agonizing account of the Vietnam War, in which he narrowly survived as a North Vietnamese foot soldier, in “The Sorrow of War.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
With his bishop, he took a straggling foot soldier.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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