storm trooper

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noun
  1. a member of the storm troops.

  2. a member of the Sturmabteilung of Nazi Germany.

Origin of storm trooper

1
First recorded in 1920–25

Words Nearby storm trooper

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How to use storm trooper in a sentence

  • Not that one really needs a reason to dress up like Chewbacca or a storm trooper.

  • Ivery lane we'd ride down some guy in a storm trooper uniform would stop us.

  • The little Verkan Vall snatched up his tiny needler; the storm trooper moved into one side of the dome and vanished.

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  • "You know, Ray, you'll make a real storm trooper," Yetsko said.

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  • The Party often gives the union special storm trooper or Red Guard types of missions to perform.

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  • The little figure of the storm trooper appeared, pistol in hand.

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British Dictionary definitions for storm trooper

storm trooper

noun
  1. a member of the Nazi SA

  2. a member of a force of shock troops

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