Definitions of trooper
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a state police officer
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synonyms:
state trooper
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type of:
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officer, police officer, policeman
a member of a police force
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officer, police officer, policeman
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a soldier in a motorized army unit
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synonyms:
cavalryman
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type of:
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soldier
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
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soldier
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a mounted policeman
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type of:
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officer, police officer, policeman
a member of a police force
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officer, police officer, policeman
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a soldier mounted on horseback
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synonyms:
cavalryman
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types:
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cuirassier
a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
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dragoon
a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
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hussar
a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress
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lancer
(formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
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Rough Rider
a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)
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type of:
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soldier
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
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