stormtrooper en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈstɔːmtɹuːpə/
Etymology
A calque of German Sturmtruppen, from Sturm (“storm”) + Truppen (“troops”), equivalent to storm + trooper.
Meanings
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A soldier trained in special infiltration tactics.
As you'll recall, the idea of the stormtrooper arose from the effort to break out of the trench warfare of World War I.
1996, Mark McNeilly, Sun Tzu and the Art of Business, Oxford, page 134:Indeed, the infantry battle on the desolate ridgeline above Darwin would probably have seemed remarkably familiar to a World War I stormtrooper.
1995, Ian Drury, German Stormtrooper 1914-18, Osprey Publishing, page 4:When he came upon such a scene he went up to a stormtrooper to protest.
2001, J.S. Medaware, David Pyke, Hitler's Gift, Arcade Publishing, page 72:
- A member of the Sturmabteilung, a Nazi street militia.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| storm-trooper | alternative | lexicographic | |
| storm trooper | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stormtroopers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Starmtrooper · Imperial Stormtrooper · Stormpilot
Translations (11)
de SA-Mann (a member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung) · fr stormtrooper (a specially trained soldier) · nl stoottroeper (a specially trained soldier) · pl szturmowiec (a member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung) · pl szturmowiec (a specially trained soldier) · bg есесовец (a member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung) · fr Sturmtruppen (a member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung) · ru штурмови́к (a specially trained soldier) · ru штурмови́к (a member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung) · bg щурмовак (a specially trained soldier) · nl stormtroeper (a specially trained soldier)