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paradiver

paradiver noun: a military operative who is dropped from an aircraft into water, combining the roles of paratrooper and frogman.

Noun

paradiver (plural paradivers)

  1. A military operative who is dropped from an aircraft into water, combining the roles of paratrooper and frogman.

Forms of paradiver

pluralparadivers

Origin of paradiver

From para- + diver.

Questions about paradiver

What does paradiver mean?
Paradiver means a military operative who is dropped from an aircraft into water, combining the roles of paratrooper and frogman.
What part of speech is paradiver?
Paradiver is a noun.
What is the plural of paradiver?
The plural of paradiver is paradivers.

Words near paradiver in the dictionary

  1. paradisial
  2. paradisian
  3. paradisic
  4. paradisical
  5. paradising
  6. paradiver
  7. paradivers
  8. paradize
  9. paradizes
  10. Parado
  11. paradocrasite

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