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paratrooper:
(also ‘paratroops‘, ‘para‘; plural: ‘paratroopers‘; pronunciation: ‘para…trooper’)
[‘para’ in this context = a ‘parachute’, an umbrella-like device that can be folded and opened, used by people jumping from an aircraft to get to the ground; and a ‘troop’ = a group of soldiers on a mission, often used in its plural form — ‘troops’; a ‘trooper‘ = a soldier who is mounted on a horse (cavelry), and a police officer on a horse, motorcycle or any vehicle — a mounted police]
a paratrooper in the air after jumping out of the aircraft and before landing
a soldier who is trained to jump from an aircraft with the help of a parachute to land in places where it is difficult or dangerous to go/approach on land, especially in an enemy area, to fight the enemies or to support, give supplies or save their own soldiers who are already there fighting,
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Most of the time paratroopers are dropped in the enemy zone at night or early morning so that the enemy soldiers with anti-aircraft guns may not see them and shoot them while they are landing.
A paratrooper must know the basics of handling a parachute as well as a rifle on which his/her entire life depends.
paratroopers out of their aircraft and going to land in the enemy zone
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