Meanings
plural troopships · alternative troop ship · alternative troop-ship
- A ship used to transport military troops.
The former, on the other hand, would put his troopships safely out of its reach.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 651 more example
[…] the Duke of Rothesay and the Duke of York, however, are serving as troopships to and from Harwich, and it is unlikely that they will be released for some time to come.
1946 May and June, “Notes and News: Anglo-Irish Steamship Fleets”, in Railway Magazine, page 185Synonyms: trooper, troop transport
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA ship used to transport military troops.
Origin
Translations
Dutch troepenschip, troepentransportschip
- troepenschipship used to transport military troops
- troepentransportschipship used to transport military troops
Finnish joukkojenkuljetusalus
- joukkojenkuljetusalusship used to transport military troops
French navire de transport de troupes, transport de troupes
- navire de transport de troupesship used to transport military troops
- transport de troupesship used to transport military troops
German Truppenschiff, Truppentransportschiff
- Truppenschiffship used to transport military troops
- Truppentransportschiffship used to transport military troops
- Truppentransportership used to transport military troops
Italian nave trasporto truppe
- nave trasporto truppeship used to transport military troops
Polish transportowiec
- transportowiecship used to transport military troops
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