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Grunt
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The term grunt is slang for an infantryman in the U.S. military and some of the other armed forces of the English speaking world, in both the Army and the Marines. The equipment laden soldiers were said to emit grunting sounds under the weight of modern combat equipment. Originally meant as a disparaging term, infantrymen now take pride in the label. It was coined during the Korean War.
"They were called grunts. They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war"
A grunt can also be a low guttural sound, usually used when in pain, annoyed, or when one can't otherwise comunnicate with another.
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