Definitions for troopship

troopship troop·ship

Spelling: [troop-ship]
IPA: /ˈtrupˌʃɪp/

Troopship is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 315 anagrams from letters in troopship (hioopprst).

Definitions for troopship

noun

  1. a ship for the conveyance of military troops; transport.

Origin of troopship

First recorded in 1860-65; troop + ship1

Examples for troopship

As a troopship we are restricted in liberty and comfort to some extent.

I was to embark that morning on a troopship bound for the Dardanelles.

We know, also, just how many destroyers under our flag can be taken from patrol duty to safeguard the troopship fleet.

I thought I was goin' to die in that troopship coming over here.

We now received orders to prepare to embark on the troopship Euphrates for Portsmouth en route for Aldershot.

And splices them on to the jibsail-boom like a troopship on the tide.

Leonora ought never to have been on that troopship; but she got there somehow, as an economy.

The troopship had arrived and we were to embark on the morrow.

It was the first time I had ever been on a troopship, and every moment was of interest.

He was promoted for the purpose of placing him in command of the troopship.

Word Value for troopship
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Words with friends

17

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