trooper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trooper	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for trooper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trooper n a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: cavalryman, trooper] a mounted policeman a state police officer Synonym(s): trooper, state trooper a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount" Synonym(s): cavalryman, trooper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Troop \Troop\, v. t. {To troop the} {colors [or] colours} (Mil.), in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompained by the band and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and usually in a hollow square, as in London on the sovereign's birthday. Trooper \Troop"er\, n. A mounted policeman. [Australia] Note: The {black troopers} of Queensland are a regiment of aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild aborigines who encroach on sheep runs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trooper \Troop"er\, n. A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. {Garbupa}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[91]}, as the red grouper, or brown snapper ({E. morio}), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({E. nigritus}), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and {trooper}.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Trooper, PA (CDP, FIPS 77520) Location: 40.14960 N, 75.39935 W Population (1990): 5137 (1777 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)