Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Trooper"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Troop \Troop\, v. t.
{To troop the} {colors or colours} (Mil.), in the British
army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in
carrying the colors, accompained by the band and escort,
slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and
usually in a hollow square, as in London on the
sovereign's birthday. Trooper \Troop"er\, n.
A mounted policeman. [Australia]
Note: The {black troopers} of Queensland are a regiment of
aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild
aborigines who encroach on sheep runs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trooper \Troop"er\, n.
A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse
of a cavalryman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
{Garbupa}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the
genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[ae]}, as the
red grouper, or brown snapper ({E. morio}), and the black
grouper, or warsaw ({E. nigritus}), both from Florida and
the Gulf of Mexico.
(b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}).
(c) In California, the name is often applied to the
rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and
{trooper}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trooper
n 1: a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: {cavalryman}]
2: a mounted policeman
3: a state police officer [syn: {state trooper}]
4: a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes
good care of his mount" [syn: {cavalryman}]
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