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foot soldier

NOUN
soldier who fights on foot
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Kudryashev said a commander dispatched him and another foot soldier with the goal of reaching a point in a forest near Kreminna in eastern Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Speaking about the Mind Flayer, he says, “If the Demogorgon was just his foot soldier, Vecna’s his five-star general.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

"He was an enthusiastic foot soldier in that conspiracy," Erik Kenerson, a prosecutor, told the judge on Friday.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

He has instead been described by some journalists as "a foot soldier".

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023

Vonetta took off like a foot soldier in Miss Trotter’s army.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia



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