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Definition of Paratrooper
1. Noun. A soldier in the paratroops.
Definition of Paratrooper
1. Noun. A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paratrooper
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paratrooper
Literary usage of Paratrooper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation: Female Participation & Involvement by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"Blacks were supposed to guard the all-white paratrooper school and packing ...
But we didn't have any paratrooper boots. "We caught the attention of the ..."
2. When the Ak-47s Fall Silent: Revolutionaries, Guerrillas, and the Dangers of by Timothy Charles Brown (2000)
"A paratrooper by trade, at the time of his assignment Douglas was already on the
United Nations' military staff. ONUCA did manage the supposedly voluntary ..."
3. Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralist by Vic Campbell (1992)
"He was a paratrooper, and he was involved in battles following the famous "Battle
of The ... In 1944 he trained to be paratrooper. In December of that year, ..."
4. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"But then, passing us to our left, came the nine paratrooper ships we in the 81st
had loaned to the 64th TCG! We could see plain as day our Squadron ..."
5. The Middle East and North Africa: The Challenge to Western Security by Peter Duignan, Lewis H. Gann (1981)
"... supposedly forty thousand men strong, will be supplemented by a corresponding
paratrooper force in Ethiopia called the Proletarian African Division. ..."
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