Trooper Definition

tro͝opər
troopers
noun
troopers
An enlisted soldier in the mounted cavalry.
Webster's New World
A cavalry horse.
Webster's New World
A mounted police officer.
Webster's New World
In the U.S., a state police officer.
Webster's New World
A reliable, uncomplaining, often hard-working person.
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Noun

Singular:
trooper
Plural:
troopers

Origin of Trooper

  • Sense of cavalry soldier attested 1640, mounted policeman 1858 (Australia), state policeman 1911 (US). The sense of "one who endures adversity" comes from English trouper (“member of an acting troupe"), 1959, but through assimilation with the sense of "soldier" has come to be usually spelled "trooper".

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  • From troop +"Ž -er, from French troupe.

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Trooper Sentence Examples

  • Less than fifteen minutes later, a state trooper car pulled into the yard.

  • The trooper was amiable.

  • I personally prefer the gleaming white carapace of the stormtrooper or snow trooper, very well animated as they run to their doom.

  • Despite his wounds, Trooper Finney succeeded in getting the gunner to the waiting Spartan.

  • A Jacobite trooper supposedly leaped 18 ft across the gorge to escape the redcoats.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRO

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RERPER

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