troopship
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of troopship
Example Sentences
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As a child, she stayed in Gloucestershire for a while and in August 1953 she boarded the P&O troopship Empire Orwell with her mother.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2022
When he found out that thousands of Polish soldiers were trying to get to England to fight the Germans, he joined them aboard the SS Arandora Star, a British ocean liner commandeered as a troopship.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021
After the start of World War II, it was painted gray and converted into a troopship that ferried Allied soldiers, earning the nickname the “Grey Ghost” for its speed and camouflaged color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2021
This was the loss of the troopship HMT Rohna, a converted British cargo ship sunk in 1943 off the African coast by a German guided missile at a cost of 1,015 U.S. soldiers.
From Washington Times ● May 27, 2019
Leper Lepellier would go down paralyzed with panic on any sinking troopship before making such a jump.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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