foot soldier

noun
1.
an infantryman.
2.
a dedicated low-level follower.
Origin
1615-25
Examples from the web for foot soldier
  • They learn to look down on the foot soldier and his petty economics.
  • She finds herself a foot soldier in a rebel movement, and an inmate in an insane asylum, among others.
  • Convergence, is fueling the information age, and the cable modem is its foot soldier.
  • She was a tireless foot soldier in voter registration drives.
  • And being a foot soldier, you know, you had to carry the full field pack and all the gear and the rifle.
  • Under military law, a common foot soldier is obligated to disobey a clearly illegal order.
  • Thus, a common foot soldier was remembered with the same dignity as the socially elite leader of the state.
  • They can cover seven times what a foot soldier can in the woods.
British Dictionary definitions for foot soldier

foot soldier

noun
1.
an infantryman
Slang definitions & phrases for foot soldier

foot soldier

noun

A lower-ranking member of a corporation, regime, etc: Goth's role as an SS officer and faithful foot soldier of the Third Reich is preserved/ filtered through the hazy surmises of the Cleveland footsoldiers (1990s+)