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trooper |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Troop \Troop\, v. t. {To troop the} {colors or colours} (Mil.), in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompained by the band and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and usually in a hollow square, as in London on the sovereign's birthday. Trooper \Troop"er\, n. A mounted policeman. [Australia] Note: The {black troopers} of Queensland are a regiment of aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild aborigines who encroach on sheep runs. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trooper \Troop"er\, n. A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also the horse of a cavalryman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr Pg garupa crupper. Cf {Garbupa}.] (Zo["o]l.) a One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[ae]}, as the red grouper, or brown snapper ({E. morio}), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({E. nigritus}), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. b The tripletail ({Lobotes}). c In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and {trooper}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trooper n 1: a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: {cavalryman}] 2: a mounted policeman 3: a state police officer [syn: {state trooper}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Trooper, PA (CDP, FIPS 77520) Location: 40.14960 N, 75.39935 W Population (1990): 5137 (1777 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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