Stormtrooper

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstɔːmtɹuːpÉ™/

Alternative forms

• storm trooper
• storm-trooper

Origin

A calque of German Sturmtruppen, from Sturm ("storm") + Truppen ("troops").

Full definition of stormtrooper

Noun

1. A soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, especially a member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung.
• 1995, Ian Drury, German Stormtrooper 1914-18, Osprey Publishing, page 4:Indeed, the infantry battle on the desolate ridgeline above Darwin would probably have seemed remarkably familiar to a World War I stormtrooper.
• 1996, Mark McNeilly, Sun Tzu and the Art of Business, Oxford, page 134:As you'll recall, the idea of the stormtrooper arose from the effort to break out of the trench warfare of World War I.
• 2001, J.S. Medaware and David Pyke, Hitler's Gift, Arcade Publishing, page 72:When he came upon such a scene he went up to a stormtrooper to protest.

Derived terms

• Imperial Stormtrooper