troopship

[ troop-ship ]

noun

1. a ship for the conveyance of military troops; transport.

troopship

/ ˈtruːpˌʃɪp /

noun

1. a ship, usually a converted merchant ship, used to transport military personnel

Word History and Origins

Origin of troopship¹

First recorded in 1860–65; troop + ship ¹

Example Sentences

I was posted to a battery at Meerut, and warned to be ready to start in an early troopship.

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Feb. 6—United States troopship Tuscania sunk by submarine, lost.

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In the troopship and the Bengal barrack even his official authority could hardly win a hearing from officer or soldier.

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Who of the millions that have undergone the experience will ever forget their first crossing of the Channel in a troopship?

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A bright sea and sky disfigured by a ring of curling black smoke—a death-screen for the last agonies of a torpedoed troopship.

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