Definition of paratrooper
: a member of the paratroops
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According to a reconstructed timeline of veteran accounts, thousands of paratroopers dropped in just after midnight.
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Clayborn was a paratrooper and career counselor in the 173rd Airborne Brigade stationed at Caserma Ederle, a military base in Vicenzo, Italy, according to Stars and Stripes.
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The ex-Bogota mayor brought Chavez to Colombia in 1994 shortly after the Venezuelan paratrooper was released from jail, where he was sent for staging a military coup.
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The ex-Bogota mayor brought Chavez to Colombia in 1994 shortly after the Venezuelan paratrooper was released from jail, where he was sent for staging a military coup.
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Tidyman never heard any stories from his grandfather, a soldier who was gassed on the battlefield during World War I. And his father only twice talked about his experiences as a paratrooper during World War II.
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Now, a special monument to paratroopers is surrounded by a sea of gravestones marking their friends in all the armed services.
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Michigan publisher Principa Media says Cooper was former military paratrooper and intelligence operative Walter R. Reca, and Principa worked with Reca's best friend, Carl Laurin, in compiling the evidence.
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Wagner bested attorney Laura Ellsworth and former paratrooper Paul Mango in the Republican primary.
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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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