trooper

[troo-per]

noun

1. a state trooper.

2. a mounted police officer; a police officer on horseback.

3. a soldier in a cavalry that uses horses.

4. 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.

5. a cavalry horse.

6. Chiefly British.,  a troopship.

trooper

/ ˈtruːpə /

noun

1. a soldier in a cavalry regiment

2. a mounted policeman

3. a state policeman

4. a cavalry horse

5. informal,  a troopship

Word History and Origins

Origin of trooper¹

First recorded in 1630–40; troop + -er ¹

Idioms and Phrases

see swear like a trooper.

Example Sentences

A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper on a motorcycle pulled her over anyway.

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In the raid, a Texas trooper secured a search warrant that allowed law enforcement officers to breach the home, an Airbnb rental on a vast stretch of land in the Hill Country.

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Illinois state troopers pushed Woolf and other demonstrators back with night sticks.

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"When I came home, the roads were just blocked with state troopers. You had to show up proof that you lived here to get through," she said.

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The alliance of German industrialists and Nazi storm troopers almost a century ago weakened and ultimately sank the Weimar Republic.

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