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

Examples of foot soldier in a Sentence

foot soldiers in the war against drugs he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years
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Professional officers are not, in fact, dependable foot soldiers because their allegiances lie elsewhere: with the constitutional regime or with the armed forces as an institution. Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025 The photograph depicts a foot soldier in an insurgent religious movement trying to storm the halls of American power. John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025 The vicious gang has taken advantage of a lax southern border under the Biden-Harris administration, with many of its foot soldiers swarming the U.S. and unleashing hell on unsuspecting communities. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024 But at the state level, the groups are putting foot soldiers on the streets to deter people from signing such ballot petitions. Rachana Pradhan and Bram Sable-Smith, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foot soldier 

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of foot soldier was in 1587

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“Foot soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20soldier. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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