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
Kingsnorth’s break with the green movement, after years of being one of its most visible foot soldiers, cost him.
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Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Rivas, 31, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, belongs to Facebook groups where residents share updates about cultural festivals, church programs and, these days, the presence of Trump’s deportation foot soldiers.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 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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Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Rivas, 31, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, belongs to Facebook groups where residents share updates about cultural festivals, church programs and, these days, the presence of Trump’s deportation foot soldiers.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 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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In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Nov. 2025
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The actions of delivery truck drivers, warehouse laborers and many others can be tracked and sifted, too.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The plan additionally would guarantee back pay for federal workers and reverse agency layoffs during the government shutdown.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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Once approved, the short-term deal will provide immediate financial relief for about 700,000 federal workers who have been furloughed or on the job without pay for more than a month.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Foot soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot%20soldier. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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