1. A soldier in a motorized army unit
   "The troopers advanced in their armoured vehicles"
    
2. A soldier mounted on horseback
   "a trooper always takes good care of his mount";
   - cavalry soldier
    
3. [US] A mounted police officer
   "The state trooper patrolled the highway on horseback"
    
4. [US] A state police officer
   "A state trooper pulled over the speeding vehicle";
   - state trooper [US]
    
5. [Brit] Ship for transporting troops
   "The trooper carried hundreds of soldiers across the channel";
   - troopship
    
6. A reliable, uncomplaining person
   "She's a real trooper, never complaining despite her illness"

Sounds like: troops, trrooper, t

Derived forms: troopers

Type of: bobby [Brit, informal], officer, plod [Brit, informal], police officer, pongo [Brit, informal], ship, soldier, troop carrier, troop transport

Part of: cavalry, horse, horse cavalry

Encyclopedia: Trooper, Pennsylvania