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Definition: Paratrooper |
ParatrooperNoun1. A soldier in the paratroops. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: ParatrooperSynonym: para (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mariner | Aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus; aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew; astronaut, cosmonaut; parachutist, paratrooper. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Hey. As long as he's a paratrooper. (Band of Brothers; writing credit: Stephen Ambrose; Erik Jendresen) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Paratrooper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Paratrooper" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 28 | 65,706 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "paratrooper": ex-paratrooper. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
paratrooper | 105 |
paratrooper boot | 15 |
paratrooper picture | 10 |
paratrooper knife | 9 |
paratrooper pic | 8 |
paratrooper photo | 7 |
bike paratrooper | 7 |
paratrooper sks | 5 |
german knife paratrooper | 4 |
german paratrooper | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "paratrooper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ushtar parashutist. (various references) | |
Arabic | جندي المظلات, المظلي (parachutist). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | парашутист (parachutist). (various references) | |
Chinese | 伞兵. (various references) | |
Czech | parašutista (parachutist), výsadkář (parachute jumper, parachutist). (various references) | |
Farsi | سربازچترباز. (various references) | |
French | parachutiste (parachutist, parachutists). (various references) | |
German | fallschirmjäger (paras, paratroopers, paratroops). (various references) | |
Greek | αλεξιπτωτιστήσ (parachute jumper, parachutist). (various references) | |
Hebrew | צ חן (parachuter, parachutist). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ejtőernyős (parachutist). (various references) | |
Italian | paracadutista militare, par (para). (various references) | |
Korean | 낙하산병 (parachutist). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aratrooperpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | parataxe. (various references) | |
Romanian | paraşutist (jumper, parachute jumper, parachutist, skyman). (various references) | |
Russian | парашютист-десантник. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | padobranac (parachute jumper, parachutist). (various references) | |
Spanish | paracaidista (parachutist, paratroop, sky diver). (various references) | |
Swedish | fallskärmsjägare (parachute jumper, parachutist). (various references) | |
Turkish | paraşütçü asker (para). (various references) | |
Ukranian | парашутист (parachuter, parachutist). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lính nhảy dù. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "paratrooper": paratroopers. (additional references) | |
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"Paratrooper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: panatrope, paradropper. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-o-o-p-p-r-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: preparator, propraetor. | |
-2 letters: paratroop, propretor. | |
-3 letters: operator, parroter, tarpaper. | |
-4 letters: aerator, parapet, praetor, prorate, rapport, trapper, trooper. | |
-5 letters: aortae, appear, arrear, errata, orator, parrot, poorer, porter, prater, pretor, proper, protea, rapper, raptor, report, roarer, rooter, tapper, terror, topper, torero, torpor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-o-o-p-p-r-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: paratroopers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 61 74 72 6F 6F 70 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. .- - .-. --- --- .--. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101111 01110000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r a t r o o p e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0061 0074 0072 006F 006F 0070 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067846786848181827184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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