paratrooper


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par·a·troop·er

 (păr′ə-tro͞o′pər)
n.
A member of the paratroops.

paratrooper

(ˈpærəˌtruːpə)
n
a member of the paratroops

par•a•troop•er

(ˈpær əˌtru pər)

n.
a member of an infantry unit trained to land in combat areas by parachuting from planes.
[1940–45]
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.paratrooper - a soldier in the paratroopsparatrooper - a soldier in the paratroops    
para
paratroops - infantry trained and equipped to parachute
soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
Translations
مِظَلّي
výsadkář
faldskærmssoldat
ejtõernyõs
fallhlífahermaîur
výsadkár

paratrooper

[ˈpærətruːpəʳ] N → paracaidista mf

paratrooper

[ˈpærətruːpər] n → parachutiste m (soldat)

paratrooper

n → Fallschirmjäger(in) m(f)

paratrooper

[ˈpærəˌtruːpəʳ] n (Mil) → paracadutista m, parà m inv

paratroops

(ˈpӕrətruːps) noun plural
soldiers who are trained to drop by parachute into enemy territory.
ˈparatrooper noun
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TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Polish paratrooper who died following a long illness.
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As chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Public Charitable Foundation "In Memory of the 6th Company", Andrei Turchak assured that the relatives of the paratrooper heroes can always count on the help and support from the Fund.
Russian Federation : Relatives of heroic paratroopers can always count on the support of the Public Charity Fund "In Memory of the 6th Company"
BRAVE paratrooper Ralph Jones passed away as Last Post sounded at 11am on Remembrance Sunday.
D-Day hero, 94, dies as Last Post sounds at 11am; Nurses hold his hands as bugles play
The United States said they will investigate with Filipino counterparts the death of an Air Force paratrooper who died in a proficiency parachute jump for the Balikatan exercises in Subic, the US Embassy said on Friday.
US, PH to probe death of Filipino paratrooper at Balikatan
That said, only the United States developed a special paratrooper carbine.
Armed and airborne: firepower from the sky: guns of the World War II paratroopers
A paratrooper makes about 4-5 parachute jumps a year from different heights up to 3500 meters.
Serviceman from Kazakhstan has record number of parachute jumps
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Hero's dog Peg is first paw through new vet's door
40) As each paratrooper jumped, he knew he would not land with the man who just jumped or the man who would jump next.
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In this column, Michael Reagan mentions the fact that paratrooper John Steele had his parachute hooked up to the spire of the Sainte-Mere-Eglise church.
Whitinsville veteran and medic was hero
A RESERVIST paratrooper from Bedlington has trained with the British Army's rapid reaction.
Nurse takes to air in exercise
The beret Joey is wearing in the photograph was from a paratrooper teddy bear and fitted him perfectly.
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