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Foot soldier

//fʊt ˈsəʊl.d͡ʒə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A soldier who fights on foot; an infantryman
  2. 2
    someone who fights on foot with small arms wordnet
  3. 3
    A rank and file member of an institution, or supporter of a cause. broadly, figuratively

    "We are rightfully wary of straight Leftists who didn't give a damn for our struggle until they saw we had build ^([sic]) on our own, and then tried to recruit foot-soldiers from our ranks."

  4. 4
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another wordnet

Etymology

From foot + soldier.

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