troopmate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]troopmate (plural troopmates)
- One who is in the same military troop.
- 2009 August 14, Alan Schwarz, “An Injured Soldier Re-emerges as a Sprinter”, in New York Times[1]:
- After managing to drive his four troopmates back to base — valor that earned him a Bronze Star — Fields woke up in a hospital in Germany with a choice: have surgery and be discharged, or amputate and stay a soldier.