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troopmate

troopmate noun: one who is in the same military troop.

Noun

troopmate (plural troopmates)

  1. One who is in the same military troop.
    • After managing to drive his four troopmates back to base — valor that earned him a Bronze Star — Fields woke up in a hospital in Germany with a choice: have surgery and be discharged, or amputate and stay a soldier.2009 August 14, Alan Schwarz, “An Injured Soldier Re-emerges as a Sprinter”, in New York Times

Forms of troopmate

pluraltroopmates

Origin of troopmate

From troop + -mate.

Questions about troopmate

What does troopmate mean?
Troopmate means one who is in the same military troop.
What part of speech is troopmate?
Troopmate is a noun.
What is the plural of troopmate?
The plural of troopmate is troopmates.

Words near troopmate in the dictionary

  1. trooping the colour
  2. trooping the colours
  3. troopings
  4. trooplift
  5. trooplifts
  6. troopmate
  7. troopmates
  8. troops
  9. troops the color
  10. troops the colour
  11. troops the colours

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