foot-soldier
Rank-and-file fighter
A foot-soldier is an infantry soldier—one who fights on foot rather than on horseback or in vehicles.
The term extends figuratively to anyone doing the unglamorous ground-level work of an organization: Party foot-soldiers knocked on doors across the district.
The hyphen is optional; *footsoldier* and *foot soldier* also appear.
Spear-armed infantry soldier
- musketeerSoldier armed with musket
- halberdierSoldier wielding hooked spear-axe
- legionaryRoman military serviceman
- hopliteAncient Greek heavy infantry
centurion · phalanx · formation · shield · spear · sword · armor · conscript
pikeman
Spear-armed infantry soldier
- musketeerSoldier armed with musket
- halberdierSoldier wielding hooked spear-axe
- legionaryRoman military serviceman
hoplite · centurion · phalanx · formation · shield · spear · sword · armor · conscript · levy
infantry
Ground combat troops
regiment · platoon · trench · march · rifle · combat · conscript · deployment · barracks · frontline
minion
Servile subordinate
loyalist · activist · canvasser · volunteer · grassroots · campaigner · organizer · supporter · devotee · rank-and-file
foot-soldiergeneral
Widespread, not specialized
commander · officer · field marshal · admiral · colonel
foot-soldierleader
One who guides others
mastermind · boss · chief · kingpin · ringleader
foot-soldiercavalryman
Soldier who fights mounted
mounted soldier · cavalry · horseman · dragoon · knight
foot, soldier, footed, footer, footing, footless, footwork, afoot, barefoot