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trooper definition

trooper (tro̵̅o̅′pər)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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