as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years
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Recent Examples of foot soldier
Just that this is not just a foot soldier.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The book reaches beyond India, though, and lays out how a transnational empire of fraud is being built in which Indians, alongside unemployed young people from dozens of low-income countries, have become foot soldiers in these scamming operations, sometimes conscripted against their will.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Kingsnorth’s break with the green movement, after years of being one of its most visible foot soldiers, cost him.
—Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Hilleary was a legislative foot soldier in the House Republican push for smaller government, having captured a longtime Democratic seat in the 1994 elections.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The book reaches beyond India, though, and lays out how a transnational empire of fraud is being built in which Indians, alongside unemployed young people from dozens of low-income countries, have become foot soldiers in these scamming operations, sometimes conscripted against their will.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Kingsnorth’s break with the green movement, after years of being one of its most visible foot soldiers, cost him.
—Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Hilleary was a legislative foot soldier in the House Republican push for smaller government, having captured a longtime Democratic seat in the 1994 elections.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foot soldier
Noun
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The trade was halted, and ships carrying Polynesian laborers were ordered back.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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We’re told that golf balls fished out of a pond are worth more than these laborers.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Tech giants flourish or falter based on their decisions to overhaul themselves, often leaving tens of thousands of workers to pay the price.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association workers, some of whom don't have power at their own homes, are working 16-hour days to restore electricity in Mississippi.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Foot soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot%20soldier. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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