trooper

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a soldier in a motorized army unit
  2. noun a mounted policeman
  3. noun a state police officer

Etymology

From troop + -er, from French troupe. The sense of “one who endures adversity” comes from trouper (“member of an acting troupe”) but through assimilation with the sense of “soldier” has come to be usually spelled “trooper”.

In classic literature

Synonyms

cavalryman

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