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trooper

[ troo-per ]
/ ˈtru pər /
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noun

a horse-cavalry soldier.
a mounted police officer; a police officer on horseback.
state trooper.
a cavalry horse.
Chiefly British. a troopship.

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Nearby words

  1. trondhjemite,
  2. trone,
  3. tronk,
  4. troop,
  5. troop carrier,
  6. troopship,
  7. troostite,
  8. troostitic,
  9. trop,
  10. trop-

Idioms

    like a trooper, with great energy, enthusiasm, or display: He swears like a trooper.

Origin of trooper

First recorded in 1630–40; troop + -er1
Can be confusedtrooper trouper
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British Dictionary definitions for trooper

trooper

/ (ˈtruːpə) /

noun

a soldier in a cavalry regiment
US and Australian a mounted policeman
US a state policeman
a cavalry horse
informal, mainly British a troopship
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Word Origin and History for trooper

trooper

n.

1630s, "soldier in a cavalry troop," agent noun from troop. Extended to "mounted policeman" (1858, in Australian) then to "state policeman" (U.S.) by 1911.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with trooper

trooper

see swear like a trooper.

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