foot soldier
noun
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: a person likened to an infantryman especially in doing active and usually unglamorous work in support of an organization or movement
foot soldiers in the war against drugs
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foot soldiers in the war against drugs
he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years
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Michaels, 35, was playing a foot soldier in the White Walkers’ army of the dead during a climactic battle sequence in The Long Night, the pivotal third episode in Season 8.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 May 2025
After all, who needs Death Stars when the Empire's middle management and foot soldiers can propagate an entirely different kind of fear across the universe?
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 May 2025
FPVs are effective against light mobile targets like trucks and foot soldiers.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
In a packed nightclub in Mexico City, hundreds of young people sang along as a band played a popular song narrating the life of a foot soldier for the Sinaloa drug cartel.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 May 2025
After all, who needs Death Stars when the Empire's middle management and foot soldiers can propagate an entirely different kind of fear across the universe?
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 May 2025
FPVs are effective against light mobile targets like trucks and foot soldiers.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
In a packed nightclub in Mexico City, hundreds of young people sang along as a band played a popular song narrating the life of a foot soldier for the Sinaloa drug cartel.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for foot soldier
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“Foot soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20soldier. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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