trooper

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To work as a trooper.
2. To work steadily at an unpleasant job without complaint.

Noun

1. A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor.
2. A cavalry horse; a charger.
3. A soldier.
4. (British) A troopship.
5. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of state trooper.
6. (Australia) A mounted policeman.
7. (alt-of, colloquial, figuratively, misspelling) Misspelling of trouper (“one who stoically endures adversity”) .

Concepts

cavalier

troupier

chargeur de batterie

Synonymes

cavalryman

soldier

cavalier

state trooper

guard

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equestrian

patrolman

horseman

motorcycle policeman

carabineer

cavalrywoman

dragoon

game warden

hussar

knight

marshal

paratrooper

rider

Traductions

soldado de caballería

ιππέας

Reiter

έφιππος

policia muntat

soldat de cavalleria

policial montado

Kavallerist

Batterieladegerät

فارِس

έφιππος αστυνομικός

μέλος θίασου

cavalleggero

soldato di cavalleria

Ladegerät

Prononcé comme (IPA)

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Étymologie (Anglais)

From troop + -er, from French troupe. The sense of “one who endures adversity” comes from trouper (“member of an acting troupe”) but through assimilation with the sense of “soldier” has come to be usually spelled “trooper”.