A heavily-armed citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek city-states (7)
I believe the answer is:
hoplite
(Other definitions for hoplite that I've seen before include "Old soldier" , "Foot-soldier" , "Infantryman" .)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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