paratrooper

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.

   Upon receiving intelligence reports about the massing of enemy paratroopers, General Peng Dehuai posted a defence regiment at Yan'an airfield, and requested that Mao leave Yan'an as soon as possible.

2. 2
   noun

   a soldier in the paratroops

Etymology

Blend of parachute + trooper.