troopship
1
7.4
- noun
- /ˈtruːpˌʃɪp/
- Specialized
:
buque de transporte de tropas
- During World War II, many soldiers were transported to the front lines on a troopship.
- troopship the SS Leopoldville
- died aboard the troopship
- troopship United States Victory
Examples
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Ever since the troopship carrying the 369th regiment back to the United States had come within sight of the Statue of Liberty, Harris had spoken of nothing else but his Harlem home.
Fiction book (1992) -
The soldiers boarded the troopship early in the morning, ready to deploy overseas.
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The great troopship America had once been a passenger steamer running the route from England, Ireland, and Holland to New York City.
Fiction book (1992) -
The only boats whose acquaintance he'd made were World War II troopships that carried him across the Pacific.
Fiction book (2000) -
The troopship made a landfall in New Guinea, and our draft of seamen was set ashore.
Fiction book (1991) -
In 1946, on a troopship returning from Japan, I read Aldous Huxley's Perennial Philosophy.
Academic text (2014) -
He'd survived a gunshot wound, escaped to Turkey, and eventually talked his way onto the Queen Elizabeth, then serving as a troopship, to cross the Atlantic.
Blog text (32) -
Within days, a dozen troopships had docked at New York Harbor and spilled out their human cargo to whoop it up in the great city, but now the fun was over.
Fiction book (1992) -
Ferryboats, barges, and garbage scows sliced through the water as muscled tugboats approached to guide the troopship toward her berth in the East River.
Fiction book (1992) -
Later that spring, as part of the 86th Brigade of the 29th Division, he was on the troopship, the River Clyde, which had reached the straits of the Dardanelles, ready to land its men on the Gallipoli peninsula.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
8
4.0
A ship that carries soldiers or military equipment
3
4.4
A vehicle like a truck or plane that carries soldiers
2
4.9
A vehicle like a truck, ship, or helicopter that carries soldiers
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word troopship comes from the simple parts troop ('group' or 'soldiers') and ship ('boat'). So a troopship is a boat used to carry soldiers, especially in war.