trooper

noun

ˈtrü-pər How to pronounce trooper (audio)
Definition of troopernext
as in soldier
a person engaged in military service a moving Memorial Day service honoring our fallen troopers

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Recent Examples of trooper Two troopers a day are assigned to patrol CTfastrak, but Higgins announced that they’ll now be supplemented by high-visibility patrols from the Hartford Troop H barracks. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026 The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency had no further information to add as troopers continue to investigate the fatal crash. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 The highway patrol trooper immediately stopped the pursuit to assist the pedestrian, police said. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 Other witnesses included on prosecutors' list are Massachusetts State Police troopers, Duxbury police officers and firefighters, local doctors and medical examiners. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for trooper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trooper
  1. soldier
  2. warrior
  3. fighter
Noun
  • Ormund seemingly isn’t scared to learn that enough soldiers to fill a basketball arena are about to bang down the door.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Saldaña plays Joe McNamara, a CIA station chief leading the covert Lioness unit, which recruits and trains female soldiers for global counter-terrorism missions, balancing this with a challenging family life.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of soldier
Noun
  • Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has kicked off debates about geopolitics, a dark-skinned woman as Helen of Troy and a trans actor playing a Greek warrior.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The finale, set in autumn, concerns an accident of nature—a warrior is struck by lightning, in full view of Murashige and his other men—that turns out not to have been so accidental.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Definition of warrior
Noun
  • Some supporters see Paxton as a ‘flawed’ fighter There was more trouble ahead for Paxton.
    — Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Poland had earlier reported scrambling fighter jets in response to a major Russian attack on Ukraine, which hit large swathes of the country and killed at least eight people, including children, and left several people trapped under rubble.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Definition of fighter

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