What is "footsoldier"

Usage examples of "footsoldier".

When the sweating footsoldiers had done as he ordered, and leaned the suit of armor in a standing position against the wall, von Salm had them light the cord that dangled from the empty helmet.

Added to the din then was the rattle of hooves and boot-heels on the cobblestones as the troops got into motion and began filing, four footsoldiers and two knights abreast, through the gate.

Turkish footsoldiers back up to the Weiner-Bach, the narrow sub-canal that flanked the north half of the east wall.

Leaving the footsoldiers of the Seventh to guard the taking-on of water at Dryj Spring, he had led his Wickans out onto the Odhan.

A moment later the ring of footsoldiers thickened, as rank after rank joined them.

They were hard to hit from horseback, and easily outdistanced footsoldiers, loping over the uneven ground as smoothly as hounds.

In a steady, smooth hand, the black general marked two lines to represent the footsoldiers under his command.

The horsemen and footsoldiers realigned themselves and, on Lord Avondale's order, began to move south.

A kobold, Fetch was a poor cousin to the ancient and more powerful goblin race that often employed his kind as footsoldiers and lackeys throughout Khur and other desolate parts of Krynn.

Scaurus watched in horrified admiration as a Yezda sabered down three Videssian footsoldiers in quick succession, then leaped his horse over the breast-high palisade and into dusk's safety.