troop carrier
noun
a transport airplane used for carrying troops and their equipment.
an armored vehicle, often amphibious and mounted with light weapons, for transporting infantry troops and equipment.
Origin of troop carrier
1First recorded in 1920–25
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How to use troop carrier in a sentence
And a troop carrier with fifty men; flamethrowers, portable machine guns, bomb-launchers; regular special-weapons section.
The Cosmic Computer | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for troop carrier
troop carrier
noun
a vehicle, aircraft, or ship designed for the carriage of troops
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