'Trooper' definitions:
Definition of 'trooper'
(from WordNet)
noun
A soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: cavalryman, trooper]
noun
A mounted policeman
noun
A state police officer [syn: trooper, state trooper]
noun
A soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount" [syn: cavalryman, trooper]
Definition of '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.
Definition of 'trooper'
From: GCIDE
- Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. Garbupa.] (Zool.) (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 (Epinephelus morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus 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.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trooper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- bound bailiff,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- cavalryman,
- charger,
- Cheka,
- chief of police,
- commissioner,
- constable,
- constabulary,
- cossack,
- county police,
- courser,
- cuirassier,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- dragoon,
- FBI,
- fed,
- federal,
- flic,
- G-man,
- gendarme,
- Gestapo,
- government man,
- heavy dragoon,
- highway patrol,
- hussar,
- inspector,
- Interpol,
- lance,
- lancer,
- law enforcement agency,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- marshal,
- military police,
- mounted policeman,
- Mounties,
- MP,
- MVD,
- narc,
- NKVD,
- officer,
- OGPU,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- police,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police force,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- political police,
- portreeve,
- posse,
- provincial police,
- RCMP,
- reeve,
- riot police,
- roundsman,
- Scotland Yard,
- secret police,
- security force,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sheriff,
- shore patrol,
- SP,
- spahi,
- special police,
- state police,
- superintendent,
- tactical police,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- troopers,
- uhlan,
- vigilance committee,
- vigilantes,
- war-horse
Trooper, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Trooper, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
6061
Housing Units (2000) :
2107
Land area (2000) :
2.379740 sq. miles (6.163497 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.379740 sq. miles (6.163497 sq. km)
FIPS code :
77520
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
40.148845 N, 75.397170 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.