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foot soldier
noun
: a soldier who marches and fights on foot
: a person who does active and difficult work for an organization or cause
Full Definition of FOOT SOLDIER
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: 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>
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1622
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