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paratroopers

paratroopers is the plural of paratrooper.

Meaning of paratrooper

Noun

paratrooper (plural paratroopers)

  1. A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.
    • Upon receiving intelligence reports about the massing of enemy paratroopers, General Peng Dehuai posted a defence regiment at Yan'an airfield, and requested that Mao leave Yan'an as soon as possible.1992, Yanchi (权延赤) Quan, “Mao Enjoys a Challenge”, in Wang Wenjiong, transl., edited by Gale Hadfield, 走下神坛的毛泽东 [Mao Zedong: Man, Not God], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, published 1996, →ISBN...

Questions about paratroopers

What is paratroopers the plural of?
Paratroopers is the plural of paratrooper.

Words near paratroopers in the dictionary

  1. paratriploid
  2. paratrochlear
  3. paratroop
  4. paratrooped
  5. paratrooper
  6. paratroopers
  7. paratrooping
  8. paratroops
  9. paratrophic
  10. paratropical
  11. paratropidid

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