trooper

Meanings

Noun

• A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armour.
• A cavalry horse; charger.
• A soldier.
• A troopship.
• A state trooper.
• A mounted policeman.
• One who endures adversity or hardship with an attitude of stoicism and persistence.

Verb

• To work as a trooper.
• To work steadily at an unpleasant job without complaint.

Origin

• From troop + -er, from French troupe. The sense of “one who endures adversity” comes from trouper but through assimilation with the sense of “soldier” has come to be usually spelled “trooper”.