storm trooper

noun

A German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I.

OriginGerman Sturmtruppen →
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Meanings

nounstorm trooper (plural storm troopers)

plural storm troopers · alternative stormtrooper · alternative storm-trooper

  1. historicalA German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I.

Origin

  1. GermanSturmtruppen
  2. Englishstorm trooper

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

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APA

storm trooper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20trooper

MLA

“storm trooper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20trooper. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “storm trooper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20trooper.

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