storm trooper

See also: storm-trooper and stormtrooper

English

Alternative forms

• stormtrooper, storm-trooper

Etymology

Based on, but not quite a calque of, German Sturmtruppen (literally “storm troops”).

Noun

storm trooper (plural storm troopers)

1. (historical) A German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I.