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paratroops

paratroops noun: infantry soldiers deployed by parachute. Also the third-person singular simple present indicative of paratroop.

Noun

paratroops pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) infantry soldiers deployed by parachute

Also used as

paratroops is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of paratroop.

Questions about paratroops

What does paratroops mean?
Paratroops means infantry soldiers deployed by parachute.
What part of speech is paratroops?
Paratroops is a noun.

Words near paratroops in the dictionary

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

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