From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishparatroopspar‧a‧troops /ˈpærətruːps/ noun [plural] PMAa group of paratroopers who fight together as a military unit
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paratroops• Stories circulated about paratroops and invasion barges.• They were supported by two battalions of paratroops and other crack forces.• Obeying Yazov, he sent a force of paratroops to Moscow with far from clear orders.• Harvey gave him one of those Sorbo-rubber helmets that paratroops wear on practice drops.• The paratroops, known as Task Force Red, dropped in two waves from C-141 cargo planes. 