foot soldier
/fʊt ˈsəʊl.d͡ʒə//fʊt ˈsoʊl.d͡ʒəɹ/
foot soldier noun: a soldier who fights on foot; an infantryman.
Noun
foot soldier (plural foot soldiers)
- A soldier who fights on foot; an infantryman
- A rank and file member of an institution, or supporter of a cause.
- We are rightfully wary of straight Leftists who didn't give a damn for our struggle until they saw we had build ^([sic]) on our own, and then tried to recruit foot-soldiers from our ranks.1980 February 9, Scott Tucker, “The Lavender Left”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 5
foot soldier meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi
foot soldier in Tamil
- காலாட்படை வீரன், காலாள், பதாதி, அடிமட்டத் தொண்டன்
foot soldier in Malayalam
- foot soldier; infantryman
- കാലാൾ kālāḷ
foot soldier in Kannada
- foot soldier
- ಪ್ಯಾದೆ pyāde
foot soldier in Punjabi
- foot soldier
- ਪਿਆਦਾ piādā
More languagesFewer languages
- foot soldier in Sanskrit
- पत्ति pattí
Forms of foot soldier
| plural | foot soldiers |
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Origin of foot soldier
From foot + soldier.
Questions about foot soldier
- What does foot soldier mean?
- Foot soldier means a soldier who fights on foot; an infantryman.
- What is foot soldier in Tamil?
- Foot soldier in Tamil is காலாட்படை வீரன், காலாள், பதாதி. See Foot soldier meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is foot soldier?
- Foot soldier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce foot soldier?
- Foot soldier is pronounced /fʊt ˈsəʊl.d͡ʒə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of foot soldier?
- The plural of foot soldier is foot soldiers.
Words near foot soldier in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: foot soldier (page history and authors); foot soldier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കാലാൾ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಪ್ಯಾದೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਪਿਆਦਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); पत्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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