pl.n.

Infantry trained and equipped to parachute.

paratroop par'a·troop' adj.

Paratroops, trained and equipped with parachutes, jump behind enemy lines from aircraft. They usually fight in conjunction with an amphibious landing, a large-scale ground offensive, or as highly mobile reinforcements. As light infantry these troops lack heavy weapons and cannot remain in the field long without heavy aerial resupply or contact with ground forces.

The French first used paratroops during World War I. German success with paratroops early in World War II spurred the formation of American airborne divisions. American paratroops participated in combat on all fronts. There were two airborne operations by U.S. troops during the Korean War and one during the Vietnam War.

Bibliography

Breuer, William B. Geronimo!: American Paratroopers in World War II. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: infantry trained and equipped to parachute

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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - faldskærmstropper

Nederlands (Dutch)
paratroepen

Français (French)
n. pl. - parachutistes

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Fallschirmjägertruppe, Fallschirmjäger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - (στρατ.) δυνάμεις αλεξιπτωτιστών

Italiano (Italian)
paracadutisti

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - pára-quedistas

Русский (Russian)
десантные войска

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - tropas paracaidistas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - fallskärmstrupper

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
伞兵部队

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 傘兵部隊

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 낙하산 부대, 낙하산병

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 落下傘部隊

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) مظليون, قوات مظلات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮צנחנים‬

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