paratrooper

noun

para·​troop·​er ˈper-ə-ˌtrü-pər 

ˈpa-rə-

: a member of the paratroops

Examples of paratrooper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 1998, a former paratrooper named Hugo Chávez assumed the Presidency and began remaking Venezuelan politics. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Those paratroopers knew that this operation was proceeding with extremely limited training and intelligence. — Anne Neuberger, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

British Army paratroopers parachute with medical supplies and clinicians down to Tristan da Cunha, the remote British island territory in the South Atlantic where a man who was a former passenger on the ship remains in isolation after developing symptoms of the virus. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

Like when the paratroopers and Ted Danson show up in the movie, that wasn’t in the script. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for paratrooper

• grouper
• hooper
• keuper
• looper
• stupor
• super
• trooper