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trooper [ˈtruːpə] n
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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations 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 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 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 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. A horse, struck by a stray bullet, fell beside Jane Clayton, a lion leaped across the expiring beast full upon the breast of a black trooper just beyond. And note, just then the trooper close behind us had been wounded by a shell fragment. |
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