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1. A soldier in a motorized army unit
   - cavalryman
    
2. [US] A mounted police officer
    
3. [US] A state police officer
   - state trooper [US]
    
4. A soldier mounted on horseback
   "a trooper always takes good care of his mount";
   - cavalryman
    
5. [Brit] Ship for transporting troops
   - troopship

Sounds like: troops, trrooper, t

Derived forms: troopers

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

Part of: cavalry, horse, horse cavalry

Encyclopedia: Trooper, Pennsylvania