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Definition of "foot soldier" [foot soldier]

  • A soldier who fights on foot; an infantry trooper. (noun)
  • One who performs necessary but basic, often mundane tasks. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "foot soldier" in a sentence
  • "Each Macedonian foot soldier held his eighteen-foot sarissa before him."
  • "Of the terrorists, alleged and otherwise, cited by the CIA that KSM fingered during or after his coercive interrogations, only the Ohio truck driver Iyman Faris was an actual al-Qaeda foot soldier living freely in the United States with the serious intention to wreak havoc in America."
  • "He had the unwounded foot soldier in a headlock on one side and the officer's sword arm in a death grip on the other."
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