Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the paratroops.
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- noun A type of
soldier who is trained to enter combat zones byparachuting fromaircraft .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soldier in the paratroops
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Examples
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In this latest CIO Vision Series interview, Reuters CIO David Lister talks about the continuing consolidation of the IT infrastructure, virtualisation, smarter working and being a 'paratrooper' ...
ZDNET.com.au 2009
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In this latest CIO Vision Series interview, Reuters CIO David Lister talks about the continuing consolidation of the IT infrastructure, virtualisation, smarter working and being a 'paratrooper' ...
ZDNET.com.au 2009
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In this latest CIO Vision Series interview, Reuters CIO David Lister talks about the continuing consolidation of the IT infrastructure, virtualisation, smarter working and being a 'paratrooper' ...
ZDNET.com.au 2009
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I stood on the same ground as an American 101st Airborne paratrooper.
Andy Kutler: The Other Side of Normandy Andy Kutler 2011
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In the the west, meanwhile, an Italian paratrooper was killed in an insurgent attack Monday, officials said.
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Richard "Dick" Winters, pictured in 2002 Dick Winters was the leader of a valiant World War II paratrooper company that became famous a half-century later in historian Stephen Ambrose's "Band of Brothers" and a subsequent HBO miniseries.
D-Day Paratrooper Was Immortalized in 'Band of Brothers' Stephen Miller 2011
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Died: Dick Winters, 92, World War II paratrooper who led a "Band of Brothers."
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For example, Guardian Comicsâ AIRBURN⢠was a heroic paratrooper who gained fire-based powers after drifting through a glowing cloud on D-Day; in the Silver Age, Bulwark Comicsâ AIRBURN (with similar powers) was the primary aide-de-camp of BRIGADIER BLACK⢠in the ECHELON OF EVILâ¢.
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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A tough career officer and paratrooper from military intelligence, he combined a readiness to use force against the jihadis with political flexibility and sensitivity to public opinion.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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If the Russian military were to get involved, he could not help adding, “the whole matter could be settled in two hours with one paratrooper regiment.”
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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