Usually means: Soldiers trained to parachute deployment.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word paratroops:

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  1. paratroops: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paratroops: Merriam-Webster
  3. paratroops: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. paratroops: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. paratroops: Collins English Dictionary
  6. paratroops: Vocabulary.com
  7. Paratroops, paratroops: Wordnik
  8. paratroops: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. paratroops: Wiktionary
  10. paratroops: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. paratroops: Dictionary.com
  12. Paratroops: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. paratroops: Rhymezone
  14. paratroops: FreeDictionary.org
  15. paratroops: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. paratroops: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paratroops: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  infantry soldiers deployed by parachute

Similar:
pararescue, troops, chalk, infantryman, ground troops, light infantry, desant, flying party, infantry, infanteering, more...

Opposite:
ground troops, infantry, foot soldiers

Adjectives:
german, british, french, american, belgian, israeli, soviet, japanese, more, indonesian, trained



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Similar:
pararescue, troops, chalk, infantryman, ground troops, light infantry, desant, flying party, infantry, infanteering, more...

Opposite:
ground troops, infantry, foot soldiers

Adjectives:
german, british, french, american, belgian, israeli, soviet, japanese, more, indonesian, trained



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