Definition of "footsoldiers" [footsoldiers]

• Plural form of footsoldier. (noun)

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• "'junta,' to use the terms their footsoldiers over at the Blogging Tories - er, I mean,"
• "He said: 'Those people would be good at motivating people, but they haven't had the "footsoldiers" to actually carry out (protests)."
• "Britain's most senior police officer with responsibility for public order raised the spectre of a return of the riots of the 1980s, with people who have lost their jobs, homes or savings becoming "footsoldiers" in a wave of potentially violent mass protests."