A foot soldier. Now chiefly historical and rare.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier (34) footmanc1325 A foot soldier. Now chiefly historical and rare. page?a1400 Military. A foot soldier; a soldier of low rank; (also) a servant in a military camp. Obsolete. pieton?1473 A foot soldier; an infantryman. foot soldier1587 A soldier who fights on foot, an infantry soldier. rondache1607 A foot soldier. Obsolete. peon1609 In parts of South and South-East Asia. A foot soldier or low-ranking police officer. Obsolete. tolpatch1705 A foot-soldier. foot wobbler1785 a foot soldier. wobbler1785 Military slang. A foot soldier. Cf. foot wobbler n. at foot, n. int.compounds 3. Obsolete. doughboy1835 colloquial (originally U.S. Army slang). An infantryman in the United States Army; (later also more generally) any soldier in the United States… fantassin1835 (See quot. 1835.) mud-crusher1864 An infantryman. Cf. mud-slogger, n. web foot1866 U.S. Military slang. Often as one word or with hyphen. Somewhat depreciative. In the American Civil War: an infantryman. Cf. mud-crusher, n. Now histo… grabby1868 A Service (esp. Naval) term for a foot-soldier. infantryman1883 A soldier of an infantry regiment. flat-foot1889 A foot-soldier, an infantryman. (Cf. flat feet, quot. 1874 flat-feet n. at flat, adj. adv.n.3 compounds 2.) gravel-crusher1889 (see quots.). foot-slogger1894 A person who foot-slogs; esp. a foot soldier. PBI1916 Poor Bloody Infantry, Poor Bloody Infantryman; also in extended use. mud-slogger1936 An infantry soldier; = mud-crusher, n. infanteer1944 An infantryman. leg1969 U.S. Military slang (derogatory). An infantry soldier. Cf. grunt, n. 2b. Subcategories:— types of (12) |
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