What is the meaning of 歩兵?

an infantryman, foot soldier, footman

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Synonym of (fu) or (ho): a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called in most literature as the equivalent of the “pawn” in Western chess

Synonym of (fu): a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called in most literature as the equivalent of the “pawn” in Western chess

Same as ほへい (hohei) above

Source: wiktionary.org