paratroop

[ par-uh-troop ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a paratrooper or a parachute unit:

   paratroop boots.

noun

1. paratrooper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paratroop¹

First recorded in 1935–40; back formation from paratrooper

Example Sentences

These include Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of the English Premier League soccer club Leicester City, who was killed in 2018 in a crash outside the stadium, and Aleksandr I. Lebed, a Soviet paratroop commander who later played a crucial supporting role in the birth of Russian democracy, who died in southern Siberia in 2002.

From New York Times

Ilan, a 25-year-old who serves in the reconnaissance unit of the paratroop brigade, detected sympathy and support for Hamas among civilians with whom he had come into contact.

From BBC

Russian army paratroop units were supporting Wagner by holding back Ukrainian forces on the flanks, it added.

From Reuters

The statement said Russian army paratroop units were supporting the claimed advance by holding back Ukrainian forces on the flanks.

From Reuters

Now 75, he put on the blue-striped jersey and sky-blue beret of the Soviet paratroop unit in which he served and drove his electric mobility cart through the occupied southern city of Kherson collecting donations.

From Reuters