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footsoldier

footsoldier is the alternative spelling of foot soldier.

Meaning of foot soldier

Noun

foot soldier (plural foot soldiers)

  1. A soldier who fights on foot; an infantryman
  2. (broadly, figuratively) 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

Forms of footsoldier

pluralfootsoldiers

Origin of footsoldier

From foot + soldier.

Questions about footsoldier

What is footsoldier the alternative spelling of?
Footsoldier is the alternative spelling of foot soldier.

Words near footsoldier in the dictionary

  1. footslopes
  2. footslut
  3. footsluts
  4. footsock
  5. footsocks
  6. footsoldier
  7. footsoldiers
  8. footsoldiery
  9. footsore
  10. footsoreness
  11. footspeed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: footsoldier (page history and authors); foot soldier (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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