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Meaning of stormtrooper | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˈstɔːmtɹuːpə/

Definitions

  1. A soldier trained in special infiltration tactics.
  2. A member of the Sturmabteilung, a Nazi street militia.

Equivalents

Deutsch SA-Mann
Polski szturmowiec
Русский штурмовик

Examples

“Indeed, the infantry battle on the desolate ridgeline above Darwin would probably have seemed remarkably familiar to a World War I stormtrooper.”
“As you'll recall, the idea of the stormtrooper arose from the effort to break out of the trench warfare of World War I.”
“When he came upon such a scene he went up to a stormtrooper to protest.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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