troop carrier

English

Noun

troop carrier (plural troop carriers)

  1. A vehicle of any kind for transporting soldiers.
    Hyponym: troopship
    • 1965, Frank Herbert, Dune, New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 225:
      Another 'thopter glided in over the cliff wall above Hawat. He drew in a sharp breath as he saw it—a big troop-carrier. It flew with the slow, spread-wing heaviness of a full load like a giant bird coming to its nest.
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