Definition of 'troop'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present
tense troops
, present participle trooping
, past tense, past participle trooped
1. plural noun
2. countable noun [with singular or plural verb]
3. countable noun [usually with supplement]
4. countable noun
5. verb
[informal]
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troop in British English
verb
7. (transitive) military, mainly British
trooping the colour
8. (transitive) British military slang
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Word origin
C16: from French troupe, from troupeau flock, of Germanic origin
troop in American English
noun
3. [pl.]
a.
a body of soldiers
b.
soldiers
45 troops were killed
4.
a.
a subdivision of a mounted cavalry regiment
b.
an armored cavalry unit that corresponds to a company of infantry
verb intransitive
Idioms:
SYNONYMY NOTE: troop is applied to a group of people organized as a unit [a cavalry troop], or working or acting together in close cooperation [troops of sightseers]; troupe is the current form with reference to a group of performers, as in the theater or
a circus; , company is the general word for any group of people associated in any of various ways; , band2 suggests a relatively small group of people closely united for some common purpose
[a band of thieves, a brass band]Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
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Word origin
Fr troupe < OFr, back-form. < troupeau < ML troppus, a flock < Frank *throp, a crowd; akin to OE thorp, village: see thorptroop in American English
(truːp)
noun
1.
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band
3. Military
an armored cavalry or cavalry unit consisting of two or more platoons and a headquarters group
4. See troops
5.
6.
a herd, flock, or swarm
7. archaic
a band or troupe of actors
intransitive verb
8.
to gather in a company; flock together
10.
to walk, as if in a march; go
to troop down to breakfast
12. (usually fol. by with)
to associate or consort
transitive verb
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[1535–45; ‹ F troupe, OF trope, prob. back formation from tropel herd, flock (F troupeau), equiv. to trop- (‹ Gmc; see thorp) + -el ‹‹ L -ellus dim. suffix]Examples of 'troop' in a sentence
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British English: troop
VERB /truːp/
If people troop somewhere, they walk there in a group, often in a sad or tired way.
They all trooped back to the house for a rest.
- American English: troop /ˈtrup/
- Brazilian Portuguese: andar em tropa
- Chinese: 成群结队地走尤指悲伤或疲惫地
- European Spanish: entrar en tropel
- French: aller en groupe N
- German: ziehen
- Italian: andare in gruppo
- Japanese: ぞろぞろ群がって動く
- Korean: 무리지어 걸어가다
- European Portuguese: andar em tropa
- Latin American Spanish: entrar en tropel
- Thai: เดินเกาะกลุ่ม
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