paratrooper
pronunciation
How to pronounce paratrooper in British English:
UK [ˈpærətru:pə(r)]
How to pronounce paratrooper in American English:
US [ˈpærəˌtrupɚ]
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- Noun:
- a soldier in the paratroops
Word Origin
- paratrooper (n.)
- 1941, from parachute + trooper. The collective noun paratroops is first recorded 1940. Earliest reference is to the German invaders who were expected to drop on England.
Example
- 1. So we decided to double the price and call them short-armed spanish paratrooper shirts .
- 2. Her father , a former paratrooper , perfected a line in anti-semitic and xenophobic outrage .
- 3. A former paratrooper , mr enders has moved seamlessly between academia , politics and business .
- 4. Every week she headed to the gym , where she pounded the treadmill like a paratrooper , often three times a week .
- 5. He could be a good israeli , doing his army service as a paratrooper and acting the hero in gung-ho films such as " kippur " or " rage and glory " .