foot soldier
noun
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: a person likened to an infantryman especially in doing active and usually unglamorous work in support of an organization or movement
foot soldiers in the war against drugs
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foot soldiers in the war against drugs
he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years
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Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
There are programming agents, the foot soldiers of vibe coding.
—Evan Ratliff, Wired News, 12 Nov. 2025
Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Like Obama in 2008, Mamdani has mobilized an army of foot soldiers, putting the social in social movement.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
There are programming agents, the foot soldiers of vibe coding.
—Evan Ratliff, Wired News, 12 Nov. 2025
Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Like Obama in 2008, Mamdani has mobilized an army of foot soldiers, putting the social in social movement.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foot soldier
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“Foot soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20soldier. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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