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Noun: paratrooper  'per-u,troo-pur [N. Amer], 'pa-ru,troo-pu(r) [Brit]
  1. A soldier in the paratroops
    "The paratrooper jumped from the plane during the military exercise";
    - para[2] [informal]

Derived forms: paratroopers

Type of: pongo [Brit, informal], soldier

Part of: paratroops

Encyclopedia: Paratrooper