trooper

soldier or police officer: He was a state trooper.

Not to be confused with:

trouper – actor; dependable person: He’s always on time—a real trouper.

troop·er

(tro͞o′pər)

a. A member of a unit of cavalry.

b. A cavalry horse.

a. A mounted police officer.

b. A state police officer.

3. also trouper A reliable, uncomplaining, often hard-working person.

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trooper

(ˈtruːpə)

1. (Military) a soldier in a cavalry regiment

2. (Law) US and Austral a mounted policeman

3. (Law) US a state policeman

4. (Military) a cavalry horse

5. (Military) informal chiefly Brit a troopship

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

troop•er

(ˈtru pər)

n.

1. a mounted police officer.

2. state trooper.

3. a cavalry soldier.

4. a cavalry horse.

[1630–40]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	trooper - a soldier in a motorized army unit cavalryman cavalry, horse cavalry, horse - troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack" soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
	2.	trooper - a mounted policeman police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
	3.	trooper - a state police officer state trooper police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
	4.	trooper - a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount" cavalryman cavalry - a highly mobile army unit cuirassier - a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass dragoon - a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen hussar - a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress lancer - (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance Rough Rider - a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898) soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"

Translations

جُنْدي في سِلاح الطَّيران

vojín

soldat

Kavallerist

soldat

hermaîur, riddaraliîi

cavalleggero poliziotto

asker

士兵

trooper

[ˈtruːpəʳ] N

1. (Mil) → soldado mf (de caballería)
to swear like a trooper → jurar or hablar como un carretero

2. (US) (= policeman) → policía mf montado/a

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

trooper

[ˈtruːpə^r] n

(MILITARY) (in cavalry) → soldat m de cavalerie; (in tank regiment) → soldat m (d'un régiment de chars d'assaut)

(US) (= policeman) → gendarme m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

trooper

n (Mil) → berittener Soldat, Kavallerist m; (US: = state trooper) → Staatspolizist(in) m(f); to swear like a trooper (Brit inf) → wie ein Kutscher fluchen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trooper

[ˈtruːpəʳ] n (Mil) → soldato di cavalleria (Am) (policeman) → poliziotto agente della polizia di uno stato
to swear like a trooper → bestemmiare come un turco

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

troop

(truːp) noun

1. a group of ordinary soldiers.

2. a crowd or collection (of people or animals). A troop of visitors arrived.

verb

to go in a group. They all trooped into his office.

ˈtrooper noun

an ordinary soldier.

troops noun plural

soldiers.

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Making his way to Nashville, already occupied by the Army of General Buell, he enlisted in the first organization that he found, a Kentucky regiment of cavalry, and in due time passed through all the stages of military evolution from raw recruit to experienced trooper. A right good trooper he was, too, although in his oral narrative from which this tale is made there was no mention of that; the fact was learned from his surviving comrades.

He felt them on his cheek, and saw them sparkle on the breast of his trooper's jacket.

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Trooper was never yet billeted upon a household more unlike him.

The trooper (if trooper he be or have been) takes her bonnet off, with a light touch for so strong a hand, and pats her on the head.

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A trooper, braver than his fellows, leaped among the kicking, plunging, fear-maddened beasts in a futile attempt to quiet them.

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"I should never have expected you to go out as a trooper."

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As the trooper cantered off, Kim crawled round to the back of the house, where, going on his Lahore experiences, he judged there would be food - and information.

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I dismounted to bandage the shoulder of my trooper. It was only a nasty long scratch.

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Manicamp, leaning on the arm of a gigantic trooper, as firm as the pillar of a cathedral, replied in his usual tranquil tone of voice, -- "And you, monsieur?"

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The soldiers passed in a semicircle round something where the ball had fallen, and an old trooper on the flank, a noncommissioned officer who had stopped beside the dead men, ran to catch up his line and, falling into step with a hop, looked back angrily, and through the ominous silence and the regular tramp of feet beating the ground in unison, one seemed to hear left...

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A trooper does not much care if he loses a weapon - Government must make it good - but he deeply resents the loss of his sleep.

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All possible precautions had been taken against the terrorists, and the way from the cathedral, through Lisbon's streets, was double-banked with troops, while a squad of two hundred mounted troopers surrounded the carriage.

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