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trooper Definition

trooper (tro̵̅o̅pər)

noun

  1. an enlisted soldier in the mounted cavalry
  2. a cavalry horse
  3. a mounted police officer
  4. ☆ in the U.S., a state police officer
  5. Chiefly Brit. a troopship
  6. Informal trouper (sense )

Etymology: troop + -er

trooper Synonyms

trooper

n.

cavalryman, patrolman, state trooper, highway patrol officer, dragoon; see also police officer, soldier.

trooper Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • cavalry: A mounted trooper of the 3 rd Cavalry was outside, calling on the people to open the gate.

Converse of object

  • mount: A mounted trooper of the 3 rd Cavalry was outside, calling on the people to open the gate.
  • dismount: At last the weary troopers dismounted and bivouacked near the farm of Mont St Jean.
  • include: The units include troopers, reconnaissance vehicles, tanks, antiaircraft and so on.
  • wound: Major Carr, Captains Saurin and Smith, Lieutenant Wallis, two Quartermasters and twenty-eight troopers wounded as well as twenty-four horses.
  • kill: Yet, they obviously do question things as we will read from the sister of this trooper killed by an IED explosion.
  • come: Down came the stockman, riding on his thoroughbred, Down came the troopers, one, two, three.

Adjective modifier

  • real: Thanks anyway and love to Dylan, he is a real trooper and don't forget to tell him he is a pioneer!
  • little: However, the song is on the ' Songs for little troopers ' CD which is available from our back catalog.
  • super: Super troopers " In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war.
  • German: Take 2, as I picked the bottle up it broke at the neck and I attacked the German trooper with thin air!
  • British: Fighting for God and the Queen is nonsense, as every weary British trooper soon discovers.
  • Nazi: It was guarded day and night by the S.A. ( Nazi storm troopers ).

Modifies a noun

  • clerk: On advertising to in capital so a state trooper clerk againcomputers helped.

Noun used with modifier

  • mucus: Working when sick is infectious Are you a mucus trooper, a stoic, a model patient, a walking epidemic or a shirker?
  • storm: A storm trooper is less powerful than Vader who is in turn less powerful than the Emperor.
  • clone: The Jedi serve as generals on the front lines as they lead clone troopers into the heart of the battles.
  • state: Also, attempts to locate the state trooper he met at Gate #5 were futile.
  • assault: A new badge for assault troopers would disregard them further.
  • police: It was garrisoned by a detachment of the 9 th Oudh Infantry and a few police troopers.

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