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Definition of 'troop'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
* Shakespeare
- That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have.
(military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
Soldiers, military forces (usually "troops").
* Shakespeare
- Farewell the plumed troop , and the big wars.
* Macaulay
- His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines.
(nonstandard) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
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(label) A basic unit of girl or boy scouts, consisting of 6 to 10 youngsters.
A group of baboons.
A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
(mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
Derived terms
* trooper
* troopship
* troop carrier
Verb
( en-verb)
To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
* |chapter=5
|title= The Mirror and the Lamp
|passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
To march on; to go forward in haste.
To move or march as if in a crowd.
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Derived terms
* troop the colour (qualifier)
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