troop carrier
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4.4
- noun
- /truːp ˈkɛrɪər/
- Specialized
:
transportador de tropas
- After the landing, the troop carriers quickly unloaded troops onto the battlefield.
- armored troop carrier
Examples
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All troop carriers will assemble at the north entrance.
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Each troop carrier played a crucial role in moving personnel during the training exercise.
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You want to build a troop-carrier plane.
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A convoy of troop carriers held her up.
Fiction book (2000) -
Suddenly a troop carrier roars over a rise.
Fiction book (1997) -
My orders were to board a troop carrier ship in San Pedro, California, on route to Korea.
Blog text (11) -
It was a small troop carrier capable of holding eight to ten men.
Fiction book (2001) -
We were coming up on the cordon of weaponry and troop carriers the army had thrown up around the site.
Fiction book (1999) -
On Valentine's Day in 1941, a convoy of German warships and troop carriers steamed toward Tripoli.
Fiction book (1996) -
The military dispatched several troop carriers to transport soldiers to the front lines.
Synonyms
18
4.9
A military vehicle that carries soldiers and their equipment
14
5.3
A military vehicle with metal protection that carries soldiers safely
8
4.0
A ship that carries soldiers or military equipment
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4.2
A small boat that carries soldiers and equipment from ships to shore
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6.5
A heavy military vehicle with armor and tracks that carries soldiers
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4.9
A vehicle like a truck, ship, or helicopter that carries soldiers
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7.4
A ship that carries soldiers, often during war
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a vehicle designed to transport soldiers' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'troop' (military unit) with 'carrier' (a vehicle that moves passengers or cargo). This noun-noun compounding is a common, compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the expression's meaning.
Etymology
Troop carrier shows a simple picture: troop means a group of soldiers and carrier is something that carries them. So, it means 'a vehicle used to move soldiers'.