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ski troops

American  

noun

  1. a body of soldiers trained to fight on skis.


Etymology

Origin of ski troops

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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He served in World War II in the famed 10th Mountain Division, the Army’s ski troops, as leader of a special weapons platoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2018

He briefly trained with mountain ski troops in Colorado but was granted a requested transfer to a camouflage battalion in Maryland, where he made silk screen posters used to teach concealment techniques.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2015

For weeks, he had been massing white-painted tanks, artillery, ski troops, cavalry, aircraft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet, for 150 years, armies have favored training ski troops.

From Time Magazine Archive

Early in January, when we had all just returned from the Christmas holidays, a recruiter from the United States ski troops showed a film to the senior class in the Renaissance Room.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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