paratroop
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of paratroop
First recorded in 1935–40; back formation from paratrooper
Example Sentences
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Russian army paratroop units were supporting Wagner by holding back Ukrainian forces on the flanks, it added.
From Reuters ● Apr. 16, 2023
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 ● Sep. 7, 2022
Pavel S. Grachev, the defense minister, stated on television that the armed forces could have taken control of Chechnya with “one paratroop regiment in a couple of hours.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2019
There, it and other flying military transports are expected to drop paratroop re-enactors along the French coast at Normandy.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2019
His dozen-odd UN regulars and Turkish partisans had done their best to simulate a paratroop attack in force.
From Hunter Patrol by H. Beam Piper
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