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Definition: Foot Soldier |
Foot SoldierNoun1. Fights on foot with small arms. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Foot SoldierSynonyms: footslogger (n), infantryman (n), marcher (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer; (commander); subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman; spear bearer; halberdier, lancer; musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer; archer, bowman. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Foot Soldier |
| English words defined with "foot soldier": Gallowglass ♦ Haiduck ♦ Lansquenet ♦ musketeer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "foot soldier": FOOT WABBLER ♦ Misericorde. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "foot soldier": Lansquenet. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Commander on horse addresses overweight foot soldier. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "foot soldier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جندي من المشاة (doughboy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пехотинец (footman, footslogger, infantryman, peon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 步兵 (foot, infantry, infantryman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fantassin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | infanterist (infantryman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyalogos (afoot, fantassin, foot passenger, footsoldier, ground trooper, infantry, infantryman, pedestrian, wayfaring, wobbler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fante (chap, fellow, infantryman, Jack, knave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 若党 (foot-man), 歩兵 (infantry, infantryman, pawn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ほへい (infantry, infantryman), わかとう (foot-man). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ootfay oldiersay pifan (infantry man), infanterist (dough-boy, footman, infantry man). (various references) пехотинец (footslogger, infantryman, peon). (various references) soldado general, soldado de infantería (dogface, footslogger). (various references) fotsoldat. (various references) піхотинець (dogface, footman, footslogger, infantryman, peon, pongo, yard bird). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | miles, militem, militene, milites, militi, militibus, militum, pedes, pedites, peditibus, peditum. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | pedonem. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | peonier. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | laquais. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Foot Soldier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: footsoldier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-l-o-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: flooders, footlers, footsore, foretold, oestriol, refloods, stolider, telfords, trefoils. | |
-4 letters: defrost, disroot, doolies, editors, estriol, filters, flirted, flooder, floored, floosie, florets, florist, foetors, foisted, folders, folioed, foliose, foodies, footers, footier, footies, footled, footler, footles, footsie, fordoes, forties, frosted, lifters, lofters, loftier, loiters, looters, oldster, oolites, orioles, oroides, osteoid, ostiole, reflood, refolds, retools. | |
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