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
Examples of foot soldier in a Sentence
foot soldiers in the war against drugs
he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years
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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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“Foot soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20soldier. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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