Definition of "paratrooper" [paratrooper]

• A member of the paratroops. (noun)

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• "In this latest CIO Vision Series interview, Reuters CIO David Lister talks about the continuing consolidation of the IT infrastructure, virtualisation, smarter working and being a 'paratrooper' ..."
• "Richard "Dick" Winters, pictured in 2002 Dick Winters was the leader of a valiant World War II paratrooper company that became famous a half-century later in historian Stephen Ambrose's "Band of Brothers" and a subsequent HBO miniseries."
• "Died: Dick Winters, 92, World War II paratrooper who led a "Band of Brothers.""