English Explanatory Dictionary

storm trooper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

storm trooper storm troopers stormtrooper storm-trooper

Etymology

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

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