foot soldiers

noun

plural of foot soldier
as in laborers
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 soldiers Barton’s pseudo-scholarship furnished Christian nationalists with valuable ammunition, but the movement needed foot soldiers. — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026 The result is child foot soldiers hired as hitmen, becoming both the perpetrators of crime and the victims of criminals. — ABC News, 12 June 2026 Traffickers recruit young people, including minors, to serve as foot soldiers in their bloody quest to control drug-trafficking routes across Mexico. — Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026 But, as academic mastery has become secondary to political consciousness, students are no longer being molded into informed citizens so much as into ideological foot soldiers. — Courtney Corbello, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026 Fans became zealous cultural foot soldiers, streaming, voting and building global communities on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. — Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026 His two foot soldiers now riddled with bullets had bombed the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson on a foggy night nine months earlier and were en route to bomb a Jewish leader’s home when police gunned them down. — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 4 Feb. 2026 Drone task force security model Haiti National Police Director Andre Jonas Vladimir Paraison said gang leaders are running and hiding while deploying their foot soldiers to the front lines. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026 Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers. — Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foot soldiers
  1. laborers
  2. workers
Noun
  • His articles argued that migrant laborers were essential to California agriculture yet often faced hostility, poverty and unsafe living conditions.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • Management balanced multiple factors before choosing the site, prioritizing the regional availability of industrial laborers, logistical links to western power grids, and local economic development programs.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Definition of laborers
Noun
  • Adopted by the Atlanta City Council this spring, the initiative offers a framework to hold the city accountable for protecting workers’ rights and address the needs of vulnerable populations, among other goals, during World Cup games.
    — DeAsia Paige, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • The plaintiffs’ lawyers said in a statement that the lawsuit asks for one thing — preserving the status quo to keep the workers employed pending arbitration.
    — Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Definition of workers

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“Foot soldiers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot%20soldiers. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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