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troopship

[ troop-ship ]

noun

  1. a ship for the conveyance of military troops; transport.


troopship

/ ˈtruːpˌʃɪp /

noun

  1. a ship, usually a converted merchant ship, used to transport military personnel


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Word History and Origins

Origin of troopship1

First recorded in 1860–65; troop + ship 1

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Example Sentences

I was posted to a battery at Meerut, and warned to be ready to start in an early troopship.

Feb. 6—United States troopship Tuscania sunk by submarine, lost.

In the troopship and the Bengal barrack even his official authority could hardly win a hearing from officer or soldier.

Who of the millions that have undergone the experience will ever forget their first crossing of the Channel in a troopship?

A bright sea and sky disfigured by a ring of curling black smoke—a death-screen for the last agonies of a torpedoed troopship.

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