stormtrooper
/ˈstɔːmtɹuːpə/
stormtrooper noun: a soldier trained in special infiltration tactics.
Noun
stormtrooper (plural stormtroopers)
- A soldier trained in special infiltration tactics.
- Indeed, the infantry battle on the desolate ridgeline above Darwin would probably have seemed remarkably familiar to a World War I stormtrooper.1995, Ian Drury, German Stormtrooper 1914-18, Osprey Publishing, page 4
- As you'll recall, the idea of the stormtrooper arose from the effort to break out of the trench warfare of World War I.1996, Mark McNeilly, Sun Tzu and the Art of Business, Oxford, page 134
- A member of the Sturmabteilung, a Nazi street militia.
Forms of stormtrooper
| plural | stormtroopers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | storm trooper |
| alternative form | storm-trooper |
Origin of stormtrooper
A calque of German Sturmtruppen, from Sturm (“storm”) + Truppen (“troops”), equivalent to storm + trooper.
Words formed from stormtrooper
Questions about stormtrooper
- What does stormtrooper mean?
- Stormtrooper means a soldier trained in special infiltration tactics.
- What part of speech is stormtrooper?
- Stormtrooper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stormtrooper?
- Stormtrooper is pronounced /ˈstɔːmtɹuːpə/.
- What is the plural of stormtrooper?
- The plural of stormtrooper is stormtroopers.
Words near stormtrooper in the dictionary
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