storm trooper in English

Forms: storm troopers [plural], stormtrooper [alternative], storm-trooper [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Based on, but not quite a calque of, German Sturmtruppen (literally “storm troops”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Sturmtruppen|lit=storm troops}} German Sturmtruppen (literally “storm troops”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} storm trooper (plural storm troopers)

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"storm trooper" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms