trooper
Americannoun
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troopers
plural
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a mounted police officer; a police officer on horseback.
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a soldier in a cavalry that uses horses.
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null trouper a persevering, dependable person who works hard or who bravely endures adversity.
He's a real trooper, even when the going gets tough.
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a cavalry horse.
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Chiefly British. a troopship.
noun
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a soldier in a cavalry regiment
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a mounted policeman
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a state policeman
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a cavalry horse
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informal a troopship
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Origin of trooper
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The offensive lineman impressed during training camp and adds depth after the Chargers assigned offensive lineman Branson Taylor to injury reserve alongside two-way trenches trooper Scott Matlock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The state trooper reportedly said the other driver was at fault, but the at-fault drivers’ insurer is waiting for the official report before accepting liability.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
In one instance witnessed by a Journal reporter in July, ICE officers in Lake Worth, Fla., snapped pictures of two Guatemalan men whom a state trooper had just stopped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Noem starred in Yoho’s ads herself, dressing up as a dentist, a plumber and a state trooper as she touted her state’s growing economy.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2025
“Why are you scaring these boys?” she demanded, inserting herself between me and the trooper holding the handcuffs.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
In Selma: For the movie “Selma,” filmmakers returned to the Edmund Pettus Bridge to re-create the scene where state troopers clashed with nearly 600 voting-rights marchers in 1965, an event known as Bloody Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
“Shame!” and “We all saw this!,” a reaction resulting in one man’s quick expulsion from the Capitol by state troopers as the senators watched, some filming the altercation on their phones.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2025
The route was lined by troopers on foot from the Household Cavalry's Life Guards and Blues and Royals.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
He’s also enlisted local police, state troopers and private security for the events.
From Salon ● May 5, 2025
At the front of the rank an authoritative cluster of state troopers and policemen marched ahead, heads bent, talking in low voices as a barking German shepherd dog circled around them at a trot.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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