FOOT SOLDIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foot soldier mean? 

• FOOT SOLDIER (noun)
  The noun FOOT SOLDIER has 2 senses:

1. fights on foot with small arms

2. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

  Familiarity information: FOOT SOLDIER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOT SOLDIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fights on foot with small arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

foot soldier; footslogger; infantryman; marcher

Hypernyms ("foot soldier" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot soldier"):

fusilier ((formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket)

grenade thrower; grenadier (an infantryman equipped with grenades)

doughboy (an American infantryman in World War I)

musketeer (a foot soldier armed with a musket)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An assistant subject to the authority or control of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

foot soldier; subordinate; subsidiary; underling

Hypernyms ("foot soldier" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot soldier"):

associate (a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise)

bottom dog (a person of low status)

cog (a subordinate who performs an important but routine function)

man (a male subordinate)

second banana; second fiddle (someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role)