troop carrier

troop carrier (plural troop carriers)

1. A vehicle of any kind for transporting soldiers.

   Hyponym: troopship

   • 1965, Frank Herbert, Dune‎^[1] (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 225‎^[2]:

     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.