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    TROOPER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A soldier mounted on horsebackplay

    Example:

    a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount

    Synonyms:

    cavalryman; trooper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("trooper" is a kind of...):

    soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trooper"):

    cuirassier (a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass)

    dragoon (a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen)

    hussar (a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress)

    lancer ((formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance)

    Rough Rider (a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898))

    Holonyms ("trooper" is a member of...):

    cavalry (a highly mobile army unit)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A soldier in a motorized army unitplay

    Synonyms:

    cavalryman; trooper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("trooper" is a kind of...):

    soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

    Holonyms ("trooper" is a member of...):

    cavalry; horse; horse cavalry (troops trained to fight on horseback)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A mounted police officerplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("trooper" is a kind of...):

    officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    A state police officerplay

    Synonyms:

    state trooper; trooper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("trooper" is a kind of...):

    officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)

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