troopern.

Brit.

/ˈtruːpə/, U.S.

/ˈtrupər/

Etymology: < troop n. + -er suffix¹.

a. A soldier in a troop of cavalry; a horse soldier.The term was used in connection with the Covenanting Army which invaded England in 1640. It was used in the English Army in 1660. In the first establishment of Horse Regiments after the Restoration, the strength of a troop of horse was 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, and 60 Troopers.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier

horsemanc1275

chevalier1377

roiter1579

prancer1593

cavalier1596

trooper1640

cavalry soldier1852

plunger1854

cavalry man1860

1640 Bk. War Comm. Covenanters 1 That ilk trouper have for the twa pairt of the 40 dayes lone appoyntit be the Committie of Estaites xviij libs.

1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 296 [They] were all mounted on gray and white horses, and new clothed, and are more like troopers than dragoons.

1703 Duke of Marlborough Lett. & Disp. (1845) I. 164 The troopers might embark with the two regiments of foot.

1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 199 The escort..consisted of but two companies of native infantry and sixteen troopers.

1877 Field Exercise Infantry (rev. ed.) 331 Two or more troopers should be with each support, to carry intelligence.

b. In various colloquial and slang phrases, esp. to swear like a trooper.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or use profanity > excessively

to swear like a trooper1810

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 239 She curses and storms at me like a Trooper.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) You will die the death of a trooper's horse, that is with your shoes on, a jocular method of telling any one he will be hanged.

1810 Sporting Mag. 36 122 The fellow..swore like a trooper.

1812 Countess Granville Let. 12 Sept. (1894) I. 41 William Lamb laughs and eats like a trooper.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xli Jack was heard below, swearing like a trooper.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 443 A friend of his, ‘eques fortissimus’, i.e. one who lied like a trooper.

1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors iv. 160 Juventus..swears like a trooper.

c. A brave or stalwart person. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [noun] > one who is stalwart

trooper1951

1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse 230 Nina Hamnett (she was a fine trooper).

2. A horse ridden by a trooper; a troop-horse; a cavalry horse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger

courserc1300

destrierc1300

high horsec1380

courierc1400

light horse?1473

stirring horse1477

horse of service1577

warhorse1586

trooper1640

dragooner1642

charging-horse1695

troop-gelding1702

charger1762

war-steed1776

troop-horse1859

1640 Sir J. Lessley in Antiq. Rep. (1809) IV. 436 The tag'd tail'd trooper that stands in the staw.

1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship iv. 19 Instead of his capering like a Trooper, he hangs down his head and tail.

1855 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce xx How he gave it you..about riding that old trooper instead of your own charger!

1901 Field 9 Feb. 163/3 These expenses take too much off the price paid for a trooper.

a. In Australia: A mounted policeman.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mobile > mounted

trooper1830

Rurales1896

Mountie1930

1830 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1922) 1st Ser. XV. 770 The Mounted Police, which at present consists of about 68 Troopers.

1858 T. McCombie Hist. Colony Victoria viii. 100 A violent effort [was] made by the troopers on duty to disperse an assemblage which occupied the space of ground in front of the hustings.

1864 J. Rogers New Rush ii. 51 A trooper spies him snoring in the street.

b. More fully state trooper. A mobile state policeman. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mobile

trooper1911

statie1923

1911 Ann. Rep. 1910 (Pennsylvania Dept. State Police) 16 On arrival of the detail, the mob of foreigners proceeded to stone and shoot at Troopers... Three of the Troopers..fired at their assailants, wounding two Italians.

1941 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Jan. 19/3 Police work forms only part of the State trooper's duties.

1977 New Yorker 3 Oct. 43/1 I slowed the car and pulled over..and a state trooper pulled up behind us... The trooper said, Do you need any help.

c. A paratrooper. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > paratrooper

skyman1910

paratroop1937

paratrooper1940

para-skier1942

trooper1942

para1958

1942 Yank 14 Oct. 2 English neighbors tasted this clannishness soon after the troopers settled in their midst.

1974 C. Ryan Bridge too Far iii. iii. 156 Of the sixteen paratroopers, pilot and co-pilot, only Johnson and two other troopers got out.

4. A troop-ship.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > ship transporting troops or stores

flute1666

transport1694

transport-ship1694

transport-vessel1700

troop-boat1816

lobster-smack1829

lobster-box1833

troop-ship1861

troop-steamer1862

trooper1872

1872 ‘Aliph Cheem’ Lays of Ind (1876) 204 The gallant trooper ‘Crocodile’ is getting under weigh.

1880 World 13 Oct. Of those in the Euphrates, one of the Imperial troopers, four were down simultaneously with sunstroke.

1896 N. Newnham-Davis Three Men & a God 79 The last hired trooper of the season was going home in the early spring, taking in her a draft of the regiment.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 16 May 11 I saw the empty trooper, scrubbed and waiting.

1981 J. Barnett Firing Squad ii. 114 First objective, a decent cabin on the trooper.

†5. Cant. A half-crown. Obsolete.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > half-crown or thirty pennies

mancusOE

half-crowna1549

George1660

St George1661

slate1699

trooper1699

tosheroon1859

tosh1912

half a crack1933

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Trooper, a half Crown.

Derivatives

troopeˈress n. rare a female trooper.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] > female

soldieressa1625

trooperess1924

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. iv. 152 When she was..lying to them like a trooperess.

1927 Daily Express 2 Sept. 3 The stories related of the coarse, swearing ‘trooperess’ are astounding.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trooper
释义	troopern. Brit. /ˈtruːpə/, U.S. /ˈtrupər/ Etymology: < troop n. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A soldier in a troop of cavalry; a horse soldier.The term was used in connection with the Covenanting Army which invaded England in 1640. It was used in the English Army in 1660. In the first establishment of Horse Regiments after the Restoration, the strength of a troop of horse was 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, and 60 Troopers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier horsemanc1275 chevalier1377 roiter1579 prancer1593 cavalier1596 trooper1640 cavalry soldier1852 plunger1854 cavalry man1860 1640 Bk. War Comm. Covenanters 1 That ilk trouper have for the twa pairt of the 40 dayes lone appoyntit be the Committie of Estaites xviij libs. 1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 296 [They] were all mounted on gray and white horses, and new clothed, and are more like troopers than dragoons. 1703 Duke of Marlborough Lett. & Disp. (1845) I. 164 The troopers might embark with the two regiments of foot. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 199 The escort..consisted of but two companies of native infantry and sixteen troopers. 1877 Field Exercise Infantry (rev. ed.) 331 Two or more troopers should be with each support, to carry intelligence. b. In various colloquial and slang phrases, esp. to swear like a trooper. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or use profanity > excessively to swear like a trooper1810 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 239 She curses and storms at me like a Trooper. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) You will die the death of a trooper's horse, that is with your shoes on, a jocular method of telling any one he will be hanged. 1810 Sporting Mag. 36 122 The fellow..swore like a trooper. 1812 Countess Granville Let. 12 Sept. (1894) I. 41 William Lamb laughs and eats like a trooper. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xli Jack was heard below, swearing like a trooper. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 443 A friend of his, ‘eques fortissimus’, i.e. one who lied like a trooper. 1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors iv. 160 Juventus..swears like a trooper. c. A brave or stalwart person. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [noun] > one who is stalwart trooper1951 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse 230 Nina Hamnett (she was a fine trooper). 2. A horse ridden by a trooper; a troop-horse; a cavalry horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger courserc1300 destrierc1300 high horsec1380 courierc1400 light horse?1473 stirring horse1477 horse of service1577 warhorse1586 trooper1640 dragooner1642 charging-horse1695 troop-gelding1702 charger1762 war-steed1776 troop-horse1859 1640 Sir J. Lessley in Antiq. Rep. (1809) IV. 436 The tag'd tail'd trooper that stands in the staw. 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship iv. 19 Instead of his capering like a Trooper, he hangs down his head and tail. 1855 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce xx How he gave it you..about riding that old trooper instead of your own charger! 1901 Field 9 Feb. 163/3 These expenses take too much off the price paid for a trooper. 3. a. In Australia: A mounted policeman. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mobile > mounted trooper1830 Rurales1896 Mountie1930 1830 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1922) 1st Ser. XV. 770 The Mounted Police, which at present consists of about 68 Troopers. 1858 T. McCombie Hist. Colony Victoria viii. 100 A violent effort [was] made by the troopers on duty to disperse an assemblage which occupied the space of ground in front of the hustings. 1864 J. Rogers New Rush ii. 51 A trooper spies him snoring in the street. b. More fully state trooper. A mobile state policeman. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mobile trooper1911 statie1923 1911 Ann. Rep. 1910 (Pennsylvania Dept. State Police) 16 On arrival of the detail, the mob of foreigners proceeded to stone and shoot at Troopers... Three of the Troopers..fired at their assailants, wounding two Italians. 1941 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Jan. 19/3 Police work forms only part of the State trooper's duties. 1977 New Yorker 3 Oct. 43/1 I slowed the car and pulled over..and a state trooper pulled up behind us... The trooper said, Do you need any help. c. A paratrooper. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > paratrooper skyman1910 paratroop1937 paratrooper1940 para-skier1942 trooper1942 para1958 1942 Yank 14 Oct. 2 English neighbors tasted this clannishness soon after the troopers settled in their midst. 1974 C. Ryan Bridge too Far iii. iii. 156 Of the sixteen paratroopers, pilot and co-pilot, only Johnson and two other troopers got out. 4. A troop-ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > ship transporting troops or stores flute1666 transport1694 transport-ship1694 transport-vessel1700 troop-boat1816 lobster-smack1829 lobster-box1833 troop-ship1861 troop-steamer1862 trooper1872 1872 ‘Aliph Cheem’ Lays of Ind (1876) 204 The gallant trooper ‘Crocodile’ is getting under weigh. 1880 World 13 Oct. Of those in the Euphrates, one of the Imperial troopers, four were down simultaneously with sunstroke. 1896 N. Newnham-Davis Three Men & a God 79 The last hired trooper of the season was going home in the early spring, taking in her a draft of the regiment. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 16 May 11 I saw the empty trooper, scrubbed and waiting. 1981 J. Barnett Firing Squad ii. 114 First objective, a decent cabin on the trooper. †5. Cant. A half-crown. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > half-crown or thirty pennies mancusOE half-crowna1549 George1660 St George1661 slate1699 trooper1699 tosheroon1859 tosh1912 half a crack1933 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Trooper, a half Crown. Derivatives troopeˈress n. rare a female trooper. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] > female soldieressa1625 trooperess1924 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. iv. 152 When she was..lying to them like a trooperess. 1927 Daily Express 2 Sept. 3 The stories related of the coarse, swearing ‘trooperess’ are astounding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1640
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