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Trooper   /trˈupər/   Listen
noun
Grouper  n.  (Zool.)
(a)
One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (Epinephelus morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
(b)
The tripletail (Lobotes).
(c)
In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. (Written also groper, gruper, and trooper)



Trooper  n.  
1.
A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.
2.
A state police officer; also called state trooper. (U. S.)
3.
A mounted policeman. (Australia) Note: The black troopers of Queensland are a regiment of aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild aborigines who encroach on sheep runs.
4.
Trouper.
like a trooper, with energy, endurance, or enthusiasm; as, to work like a trooper.






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"Trooper" Quotes from Famous Books



... almost make me think you all drawn by witchcraft to this Castle!" But Arthur's eagerness extorted a consent, and he rode off amid Sir John Chandos's troop, boldly enough at first, but by and by so sleepily, that, as night advanced, Sir John ordered him to be placed in front of a trooper, and he soon lost all perception of the rough rapid pace at which they travelled. It was broad day when he was awakened by a halt, and the first thing he heard was, "There is St. George's ...
— The Lances of Lynwood • Charlotte M. Yonge

... opponent were still battling desperately for the possession of the latter's gun, and Captain Derevaux and the remaining German trooper were rolling about upon the ground, the captain's finger still pressed into his enemy's throat. Chester had ...
— The boy Allies at Liege • Clair W. Hayes

... the trooper, I should have thought she was the ghost girl!" commented Ardiune. "I don't quite see how we could fix that up, though. It doesn't seem to fit. You're quite ...
— The Madcap of the School • Angela Brazil

... promenade—when he observed from the excitement of the people, running about hither and thither, that something alarming had occurred. On making inquiry he was told that "the Barbets" were in the immediate neighbourhood, and it was even feared they would enter and sack the city. Shortly after, a trooper was observed galloping towards them at full speed along the Montpellier Road, without arms or helmet. He was almost out of breath when he came up, and could only exclaim that "All is lost! Count Broglie and Captain Poul are killed, and the Barbets are pursuing the remainder ...
— The Huguenots in France • Samuel Smiles

... quartered, found a man in bed. "Who art thou?" said he; "art thou one of the rebels?" Then, observing a pocket-book, he took it up, and found several letters addressed to Thomas Munzer, "Art thou Munzer?" demanded the trooper. The sick man answered, "No." But as the soldier uttered dreadful threats, Munzer, for it was really he, confessed who he was. "Thou art my prisoner," said the horseman. When Munzer was taken before Duke George and the Landgrave, he persevered in saying that he was right to chastise ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9 • Various


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