paratroop

American  

[par-uh-troop] / ˈpær əˌtrup /

Also skytroop

adjective

1. of or relating to a paratrooper or a parachute unit.

   paratroop boots.

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noun

1. paratrooper.

Etymology

Origin of paratroop

First recorded in 1935–40; back formation from paratrooper

Example Sentences

These include Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of the English Premier League soccer club Leicester City, who was killed in 2018 in a crash outside the stadium, and Aleksandr I. Lebed, a Soviet paratroop commander who later played a crucial supporting role in the birth of Russian democracy, who died in southern Siberia in 2002.

From New York Times

Russian army paratroop units were supporting Wagner by holding back Ukrainian forces on the flanks, it added.

From Reuters

Now 75, he put on the blue-striped jersey and sky-blue beret of the Soviet paratroop unit in which he served and drove his electric mobility cart through the occupied southern city of Kherson collecting donations.

From Reuters

There was an official airshow and a paratroop display and once the official duties were done, Mr Bolsonaro then addressed the crowd once more.

From BBC

Bradford Freeman, the last survivor of the World War II paratroop company whose combat exploits were described in the best-selling book and subsequent mini-series “Band of Brothers,” died on Sunday in Columbus, Miss. He was 97.

From New York Times