Definition of paratrooper
: a member of the paratroops
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The Israel Defense Force completed significant battle training exercises, with Israeli paratroopers conducting drills on Polish soil for the first time ever and the Israeli Air Force working on its long-range capabilities in Greece.
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Colbert said in a press release Thursday that Rackstraw served in two of Sherwood’s units, has Special Forces paratrooper training, is an explosives expert and is a pilot with nearly two dozen aliases.
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He's survived two tours in Iraq as a paratrooper (which required jumping out of planes and helicopters from seriously scary heights) and is currently a single parent to his six-year-old daughter, Avery.
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The 82nd and 101st Airborne are both paratrooper infantry, tasked with jumping out of planes and helicopters behind enemy lines.
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An Army paratrooper from Milwaukee died unexpectedly at his military base in Italy on Friday.
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Putman, of Lafayette, Indiana, was a 22-year-old paratrooper serving with JBER's 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division when he was killed.
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Gaudet, 55, is a former Marine, former Army paratrooper and retired captain in the Army Reserve.
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According to a reconstructed timeline of veteran accounts, thousands of paratroopers dropped in just after midnight.
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First Known Use of paratrooper
1927
PARATROOPER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of paratrooper for English Language Learners
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: a member of a group of soldiers who are trained to jump out of airplanes using a parachute
PARATROOPER Defined for Kids
Definition of paratrooper for Students
: a soldier trained and equipped to parachute from an airplane
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