foot soldier

noun

: infantryman

: 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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Digging Deeper On taking a position, the first thing a foot soldier does is use their entrenching tool to dig a shell scrape, a hole deep enough to hide in and protect against direct fire and shrapnel. —

David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 Dozens of state police, and the leaders and foot soldiers of local criminal groups, who take a piece of the action. —

Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024 The Justice Department should not just go after the foot soldiers of the insurrection but also uncover the conspiracies and support that came from the very top and prosecute accordingly. —

Jan-Werner Müller, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2022 Billings, 29, has been a foot soldier throughout his seven-season career that began when Cincinnati selected him in the fourth round of the 2016 draft. —

Phil Rogers, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foot soldier