Etymology

storm trooper

Today it means: A German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I. Full definition →

German Sturmtruppen
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  1. German · derived fromSturmtruppen
  2. English todaystorm trooper

Based on, but not quite a calque of, German Sturmtruppen (literally “storm troops”).

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