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PARATROOPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paratrooper mean?
• PARATROOPER (noun)
The noun PARATROOPER has 1 sense:
1. a soldier in the paratroops
Familiarity information: PARATROOPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soldier in the paratroops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
para; paratrooper
Hypernyms ("paratrooper" is a kind of...):
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
Holonyms ("paratrooper" is a member of...):
paratroops (infantry trained and equipped to parachute)
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