Usually means: Soldiers parachuting from aircraft, airborne.
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  1. paratroop: Merriam-Webster
  2. paratroop: Collins English Dictionary
  3. paratroop: Wordnik
  4. paratroop: Wiktionary
  5. paratroop: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. paratroop: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. paratroop: Dictionary.com
  8. Paratroop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. paratroop: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paratroop: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paratroop)

▸ noun:  A company of paratroopers.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To serve as a paratrooper.

Similar:
troop, platoon, company, chalk, commando, party, section, trooper, pararescue, airgroup, more...

Opposite:
ground troops, infantry, foot soldiers

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Similar:
troop, platoon, company, chalk, commando, party, section, trooper, pararescue, airgroup, more...

Opposite:
ground troops, infantry, foot soldiers



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