paratrooper
noun
para·troop·er ˈper-ə-ˌtrü-pər 
ˈpa-rə-
: a member of the paratroops
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web According to the document that Peggy typed, Orofino was a 20-year-old buck sergeant in the 101st Airborne Division, a legendary paratrooper outfit known as the Screaming Eagles. 
Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2022 Rasul had served as a paratrooper in the Russian army in Chechnya, in the nineties. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022 The center says on its website that Rhodes, a former Army paratrooper, delivered remarks during the 2009 event. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022 In the 37 years of Brazil’s modern democracy, no president has been as close to the military as Mr. Bolsonaro, a former army paratrooper. New York Times, 12 June 2022 Robert Castillo, 91, a Korean War veteran and former Army paratrooper, was angered at the idea that the memorial would be touched at all. Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022 There is a paratrooper beret, a live large-caliber round, and a pair of fake hand grenades, painted black. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2022 Around midnight on June 6, 1944, paratrooper Bradford C. Freeman parachuted into Normandy, France, with an 18-pound mortar base plate strapped to his chest. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2022 Thongchai Jaidee, a former paratrooper in the Royal Thai Army, calmly waited for his opportunity and then pounced on it to the claim the title. Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2022 See More
Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2022 Rasul had served as a paratrooper in the Russian army in Chechnya, in the nineties. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022 The center says on its website that Rhodes, a former Army paratrooper, delivered remarks during the 2009 event. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022 In the 37 years of Brazil’s modern democracy, no president has been as close to the military as Mr. Bolsonaro, a former army paratrooper. New York Times, 12 June 2022 Robert Castillo, 91, a Korean War veteran and former Army paratrooper, was angered at the idea that the memorial would be touched at all. Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022 There is a paratrooper beret, a live large-caliber round, and a pair of fake hand grenades, painted black. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2022 Around midnight on June 6, 1944, paratrooper Bradford C. Freeman parachuted into Normandy, France, with an 18-pound mortar base plate strapped to his chest. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2022 Thongchai Jaidee, a former paratrooper in the Royal Thai Army, calmly waited for his opportunity and then pounced on it to the claim the title. Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1927, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
paratrooper
noun
para·troop·er ˈper-ə-ˌtrü-pər
: a soldier trained and equipped to parachute from an airplane