English
Alternative spellings
storm trooper
storm-trooper
Etymology
From German Sturmtruppen, from sturm �storm� + truppen �troops�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�st��mtɹu�p�/
Noun
en-noun
- A soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, especially a member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung.
#*1995: Indeed, the infantry battle on the desolate ridgeline above Darwin would probably have seemed remarkably familiar to a World War I stormtrooper � Ian Drury, German Stormtrooper 1914-18 (Osprey Publishing 1995, p. 4)
#*1996: As you'll recall, the idea of the stormtrooper arose from the effort to break out of the trench warfare of World War I � Mark McNeilly?, Sun Tzu and the Art of Business (Oxford 1996, p. 134)
#*2001: When he came upon such a scene he went up to a stormtrooper to protest. � JS Medaware & David Pyke, Hitler's Gift (Arcade Publishing 2001, p. 72)
- An Imperial soldier from the Star Wars series of films.
References
Star Wars Databank: Stormtroopers
ru:stormtrooper
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