foot soldier
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Synonyms for foot soldier
Synonyms
dogsbody [chiefly British], drone, drudge, drudger, fag, grub, grubber, grunt, laborer, peon, plugger, slave, slavey, slogger, toiler, worker
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Some of President Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers in Congress quickly rushed to Israel’s defense - including Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y. — Fox News, "Reporter's Notebook: Spat over scrapped 'Squad' members' Israel visit is tricky politics for both sides," 17 Aug. 2019 On weekdays, foot soldiers in New York City’s business-and-finance army parade through Manhattan... — Akane Otani, WSJ, "Patagonia Triggers a Market Panic Over New Rules on Its Power Vests," 8 Apr. 2019 The Iowa caucuses will not be held until February, 2020, but the current candidates and their legions of foot soldiers are already in the field. — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, "Don’t Worry About the Democratic Presidential Polls," 29 July 2019 The community wants one of its own to receive permission to sell marijuana, a drug the young foot soldiers from the Fresno Hoover gang such as Aaron Foster fought to sell along its streets. — Scott Wilson, chicagotribune.com, "In California, Fresno’s West Side lost the war on drugs, but hopes a revival will be tied to marijuana," 24 July 2019 In 2018, King helped form the Birmingham Committee for Truth and Reconciliation, one of the first groups in Birmingham to bring together civil rights foot soldiers with modern, younger activists. — John Hammontree | [email protected], al.com, "Could a new monument heal Jefferson County’s racial divide?," 22 July 2019 Long, inky shadows follow, like foot soldiers slipping through the trees. — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, "In the glow of a mountain campsite that’s closer than you’d believe," 13 June 2019 In ancient times, pedones were foot soldiers whose job was to build and repair roads for the main body of troops. — James R. Hansen, Discover Magazine, "For Neil, Apollo Was the First Step in Humanity's Cosmic Migration," 20 May 2019 In Trump’s world and in the world of his foot soldiers, men get to affect women’s lives. — Glamour, "Tucker Carlson Said Furious Women Should Watch Him. Here’s What I See.," 19 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'foot soldier.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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