trooper
pronunciation
How to pronounce trooper in British English:
UK [ˈtru:pə(r)]
How to pronounce trooper in American English:
US [ˈtrupɚ]
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- Noun:
- a soldier in a motorized army unit
- a mounted policeman
- a state police officer
- a soldier mounted on horseback
Word Origin
- trooper (n.)
- 1630s, "soldier in a cavalry troop," from troop (n.) + -er (1). Extended to "mounted policeman" (1858, in Australia) then to "state policeman" (U.S.) by 1911.
Example
- 1. The young state trooper didn 't say anything to him .
- 2. " I don 't know " says the trooper . " But he 's got the pope as a chauffeur ! "
- 3. I was then mounted behind a trooper , and we rode on into the suburbs of munich .
- 4. The explosion also killed trooper joshua hammond , from 2nd royal tank regiment , and injured six other troops .
- 5. You a government trooper ?