FOOT SOLDIER Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

foot soldier

noun

Definition of foot soldier

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 Among the Cambodians to exploit the instability was Toek Tik, a once-impoverished former Khmer Rouge foot soldier whose confessions helped investigators substantiate some of their claims against Latchford. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for foot soldier

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Noun

My beloved barn jacket dates back to 19th-century France—referred to as a chore coat or bleu de travail—where it was worn among farmers and laborers who relied on its tough, moleskin fabric to get them through fieldwork.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2026
This one stars Cox himself as a mysterious and formidable old man in an undertaker’s suit and parson’s hat who wanders into an Arizona border town in 1890 to gather the names of dead Mexican laborers.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

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But that constant movement is also making Ebola harder to contain, complicating efforts to find infected people and trace those who may have been exposed, said Mari Ndika, an Ebola response worker involved in disease monitoring.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Entry-level workers feel more pressure The effects appear to be more pronounced for those looking to start their careers.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

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