Meanings
nounparatrooper (plural paratroopers)
plural paratroopers
- A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.First known use 1941
Upon receiving intelligence reports about the massing of enemy paratroopers, General Peng Dehuai posted a defence regiment at Yan'an airfield, and requested that Mao leave Yan'an as soon as possible.
Mao Zedong: Man, Not God
1992, Yanchi (权延赤) Quan, “Mao Enjoys a Challenge”, in Wang Wenjiong, transl., edited by Gale Hadfield, 走下神坛的毛泽东 [Mao Zedong: Man, Not God], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, published 1996, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 13
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Arabic مِظَلِّيّ
- مِظَلِّيّ (miẓalliyy)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Bulgarian парашути́ст
- парашути́ст (parašutíst)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Catalan paracaigudista
- paracaigudistasoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Chinese Mandarin 傘兵 /伞兵, 空降兵
- 傘兵 /伞兵 (sǎnbīng)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
- 空降兵 (kōngjiàngbīng)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Czech výsadkář
- výsadkářsoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Danish faldskærmssoldat, faldskærmsjæger
- faldskærmssoldatsoldier that parachutes from aircraft
- faldskærmsjægersoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Dutch parachutist
- parachutistsoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Estonian langevarjur
- langevarjursoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Finnish laskuvarjojääkäri
- laskuvarjojääkärisoldier that parachutes from aircraft
French para, parachutiste
- parasoldier that parachutes from aircraft
- parachutistesoldier that parachutes from aircraft
- parachutiste militairesoldier that parachutes from aircraft
German Fallschirmjäger
- Fallschirmjägersoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Greek αλεξιπτωτίστρια, αλεξιπτωτιστής
- αλεξιπτωτίστρια (alexiptotístria)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
- αλεξιπτωτιστής (alexiptotistís)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Hebrew צַנְחָן
- צַנְחָן (tsankhán)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Hindi छतरी सैनिक
- छतरी सैनिक (chatrī sainik)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Hungarian ejtőernyős
- ejtőernyőssoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Italian paracadutista, paracadutista militare
- paracadutistasoldier that parachutes from aircraft
- paracadutista militaresoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Japanese 空挺兵
- 空挺兵 (kūteihei)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Korean 공수부대
- 공수부대 (gongsubudae)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Latvian desantnieks
- desantniekssoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Lithuanian parašiutininkas, desantininkas
- parašiutininkassoldier that parachutes from aircraft
- desantininkassoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Māori hōia heketau
- hōia heketausoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Norwegian Bokmål fallskjermsoldat
- fallskjermsoldatsoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Polish spadochroniarz
- spadochroniarzsoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Portuguese paraquedista, paraquedista militar
- paraquedistasoldier that parachutes from aircraft
- paraquedista militarsoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Romanian parașutist
- parașutistsoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Russian деса́нтник, парашюти́ст-деса́нтник
- деса́нтник (desántnik)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
- парашюти́ст-деса́нтник (parašutíst-desántnik)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
- парашюти́ст (parašutíst)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Slovak výsadkár
- výsadkársoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Spanish paracaidista, paracaidista militar
- paracaidistasoldier that parachutes from aircraft
- paracaidista militarsoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Swedish fallskärmsjägare
- fallskärmsjägaresoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Tagalog parasyutista
- parasyutistasoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Thai พลร่ม
- พลร่ม (pon-lá-rôm)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Turkish paraşütçü asker
- paraşütçü askersoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Ukrainian деса́нтник, парашути́ст
- деса́нтник (desántnyk)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
- парашути́ст (parašutýst)soldier that parachutes from aircraft
Vietnamese lính dù
- lính dùsoldier that parachutes from aircraft
Cite this entry
APA
paratrooper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratrooper
MLA
“paratrooper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratrooper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paratrooper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratrooper.
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