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paratrooper

[ par-uh-troo-per ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a member of a military infantry unit trained to attack or land in combat areas by parachuting from airplanes.

First recorded in 1940–45; para- ³ + trooper

“People in east Ukraine do not want to participate in presidential elections,” said the former paratrooper.

But then the tall, solidly built former paratrooper has been the least talkative of the separatists.

The Luhansk gunmen are led by Valery Bolotov, a former paratrooper.

In that attack, the Scooter Killer's first, the paratrooper, Ibn Ziaten, had sought to sell his Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.

Skydivers, for instance—an intriguing example given the paratrooper killings.

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