storm trooper

See also: storm-trooper and stormtrooper

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Based on, but not quite a calque of, German Sturmtruppen (literally “storm troops”).

Noun

storm trooper (plural storm troopers)

  1. (historical) A German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I.
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