state trooper
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Noun (1)
- a state police officerSynonyms: trooperstate trooper
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Trooper \Troop"er\, n.
1.A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman. [1913 Webster]
2.A state police officer; -- also called state trooper. [U. S.] [PJC]
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4.Trouper. [PJC]
like a trooper, with energy, endurance, or enthusiasm; as, to work like a trooper.