From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
{Garbupa}.] (Zool.)
(a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the
genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[ae]}, as the
red grouper, or brown snapper ({Epinephelus morio}), and
the black grouper, or warsaw ({Epinephelus nigritus}),
both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
(b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}).
(c) In California, the name is often applied to the
rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and
{trooper}.]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trooper \Troop"er\, n.
1. A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the
horse of a cavalryman.
[1913 Webster]
2. A state police officer; -- also called {state trooper}.
[U. S.]
[PJC]
3. A mounted policeman. [Australia]
Note: The {black troopers} of Queensland are a regiment of
aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild
aborigines who encroach on sheep runs.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. Trouper.
[PJC]
{like a trooper}, with energy, endurance, or enthusiasm; as,
to work like a trooper.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trooper
n 1: a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: {cavalryman},
{trooper}]
2: a mounted policeman
3: a state police officer [syn: {trooper}, {state trooper}]
4: a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes
good care of his mount" [syn: {cavalryman}, {trooper}]
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