'like a trooper' definitions:

Definition of 'like a trooper'

From: GCIDE
  • Trooper \Troop"er\, n.
  • 1. A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A state police officer; -- also called state trooper. [U. S.] [PJC]
  • 3. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 4. Trouper. [PJC]
  • like a trooper, with energy, endurance, or enthusiasm; as, to work like a trooper.