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 state trooper told me the other driver was at fault.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Well, you know if I was a state trooper, I’d probably give you a ticket. But I’m going to let you go with a warning.”
From Salon ● Jul. 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
And he assigned a state trooper to escort them.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
One involved a guy who randomly approached Rindlisbacher at a res-taurant and offered to buy the trooper dinner.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
So when state troopers spotted the suds, they charged Mr. Jouppi with a misdemeanor for knowingly transporting it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is aggressively wooing recruits with experience slapping handcuffs on suspects: sheriff’s deputies, state troopers and local cops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
“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
Body camera footage shows the troopers discussing the sight as suspicious, but they did not ticket or charge him.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
The storm troopers were too powerful, with a force of nearly three million men.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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