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foot soldier

1. A soldier who fights on foot; an infantry trooper.

2. One who performs necessary but basic, often mundane tasks.

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foot soldier

(Military) an infantryman

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foot′ sol`dier

1. an infantryman.

2. a dedicated low-level follower.

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Noun	1.	foot soldier - fights on foot with small arms footslogger, infantryman, marcher fusilier - (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket grenade thrower, grenadier - an infantryman equipped with grenades doughboy - an American infantryman in World War I musketeer - a foot soldier armed with a musket soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
	2.	foot soldier - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another subordinate, subsidiary, underling assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" associate - a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise; "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners" bottom dog - a person of low status cog - a subordinate who performs an important but routine function; "he was a small cog in a large machine" man - a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" second fiddle, second banana - someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role

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infante

foot soldier

n → soldato di fanteria, fante m

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The alarm was soon carried to the city, and when they heard the war cry, the people came out at daybreak till the plain was filled with horsemen and foot soldiers and with the gleam of armour.

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"Our resistance deceived the Russians, who thought at first that we were supported by an army corps; but before very long they learned their error from their scouts, and knew that they had only a single regiment of cavalry to deal with and the invalided foot soldiers in the depot.

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"No, no," continued D'Artagnan, "it was not the measured step of a foot soldier, nor was it the gait of a horseman.

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Olivier made a mark with his thumb against the article of the "rascally foot soldier," and passed on.

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