"ground pounder" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-ground pounder.ogg [Australia] Forms: ground pounders [plural]
Etymology: Suggesting the pounding of a marching soldier's boots on the ground. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ground pounder (plural ground pounders)
  1. (military, slang) A military soldier whose primary role is infantry or the use of ground-based materiel. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-ground_pounder-en-noun-cBFCGHE4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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