foot soldiers
Marching military personnel
Foot soldiers are infantry—military personnel who fight on foot rather than on horseback or in vehicles.
The term extends figuratively to the rank-and-file workers who do the unglamorous groundwork for an organization or cause: The campaign's foot soldiers knocked on thousands of doors.
The singular foot soldier works the same way.
- gruntsShort, guttural sounds
- cannon fodderTroops treated as disposable
- war of attritionProlonged conflict draining both sides
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- pawnsLowest-ranked chess pieces
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- ancient armiesphalanx, legion, hoplites, pikemen, spearmen
- Civil War Infantryriflemen, battle formations, battle lines, skirmishers, privates
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- armiesdivisions, battalions, corps, platoons, regiments
- guards and soldiersbodyguards, sentries, watchmen, sentinels, gatekeepers
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, coalition forces, militias, reserve army
foot soldierscavalry
Mounted military force
mounted troops · horsemen · knights · dragoons · artillery
foot soldiersgenerals
Broad statements or commanders
high command · officers · commanders · military leadership · brass
foot soldiersleaders
Those with authority
executives · bosses · kingpins · masterminds · decision-makers
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