paratroopern.
/ˈparətruːpə/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌtrupər/ 1. A soldier trained to be dropped from an aircraft by parachute; = paratroop n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > paratrooper
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1940 Life 8 July 20/2 The Despatch, seeking to educate its readers to recognize enemy planes, printed this verse: Engines three and engines four? There's a Nazi at the door. If the fly's head comes in view, may be paratroopers too.
1941 Time 4 Aug. 20/1 The paratroopers..had never been in an airplane when it was landed.
1962 Times 29 Mar. 15/5 For the paratroopers the sheer luck of their landing place meant..the difference between a swift regrouping or death in the air.
1981 R. Westall Scarecrows v. 38 Simon surveyed the steaming block of paratroopers as they tramped past in forty-two pounds of webbing equipment.
2003 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 28 Mar. 1 Paratroopers dropped on to an airfield less than 50km from the Turkish border.
2. An aircraft designed to transport paratroops. rare.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > transporting troops or military supplies
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1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 180 There were..three distinct types of Halifax Glider Tugs and Paratroopers.
1956 Flight 8 June 748/2 As a paratrooper the Beverley carries 70 soldiers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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