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noun

an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.

a great number or multitude: A whole troop of children swarmed through the museum.

Military. an armored cavalry or cavalry unit consisting of two or more platoons and a headquarters group.

troops, a body of soldiers, police, etc.: Mounted troops quelled the riot.

a unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts usually having a maximum of 32 members under the guidance of an adult leader.

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a herd, flock, or swarm.

Archaic. a band or troupe of actors.

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verb (used without object)

to gather in a company; flock together.

to come, go, or pass in great numbers; throng.

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to walk, as if in a march; go: to troop down to breakfast.

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to walk, march, or pass in rank or order: The students trooped into the auditorium.

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to associate or consort (usually followed by with).

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verb (used with object)

13.

British Military. to carry (the flag or colors) in a ceremonial way before troops.

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Obsolete. to assemble or form into a troop or troops.

Origin:
1535–45; < French troupe, Old French trope, probably back formation from tropel herd, flock (French troupeau), equivalent to trop- (< Germanic; see thorp) + -el ≪ Latin -ellus diminutive suffix

Related forms

in·ter·troop, adjective

Can be confused: troop, troupe (see synonym note at the current entry).

Synonyms
1. body, group, crowd. See company. 2. crowd, herd, flock, swarm, throng. 7. Troop, troupe both mean a band, company, or group. Troop has various meanings as indicated in the definitions above. With the spelling troupe the word has the specialized meaning of a company of actors, singers, acrobats, or other performers. 8. collect. 9. swarm.

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Iran even went so far as to call the troop movement an invasion.

One particular troop was observed acting normally and visited again several years later.

The rest of the troop was scrambling around trying to get out of their way.

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Iran even went so far as to call the troop movement an invasion.

One particular troop was observed acting normally and visited again several years later.

The rest of the troop was scrambling around trying to get out of their way.

If you look carefully, boys, you can still see where his mother sewed on his troop number.

Sapolsky slowly introduced himself to a troop of baboons, letting them adjust to his presence.

The troop leader distributed supplies: hot dogs followed by s'mores for dessert.

We know that troop surge alone cant make this war winnable.

The core of a troop of ring-tailed lemurs consists mainly of the females and their young.

Black-and-white ruffed lemurs can learn to do complex tasks simply by watching a fellow member of their troop.

There isn't an easy answer moving forward, but a troop withdraw and a peace agreement seem to be the best options.

Following a troop of female muriquis, or woolly spider monkeys, through the forest canopy was especially exhilarating.

His preferred plan would cut troop levels by a third and halt conscription, a suggestion that makes many in his own party uneasy.

Spotted deer glide through the filtered shade, stopping abruptly when a troop of macaques shriek an alarm call.

Troop levels is a big issue for all three presidential candidates.

In the wild young males leave their troop to look for another family to join, with available females.

Signs offering travellers an exhaustive account of troop movements and battles fought line the roads.

The silverback is the alpha male of the gorilla troop.

During high water periods, a troop of longhaired spider monkeys waits out the flood atop a giant kapok tree.

Not far away a troop of sifakas leaped through the pinnacle tops, clearing deep canyons, landing on razors of rock.

While walking, a troop of soldiers came to us to inquire.

The top-ranking male baboon, for instance, will sire a high percentage of the infants in his troop.

They declined to identify any troop level attached to it.

Lee, use poker-based tactics to almost defeat his former country's superior troop strength and armaments.

Fear not-a troop of volunteers watches the recount armed with six-page checklists.

Some of the troop is captured by the monkey catcher and the remaining gang must defend their temple against larger monkeys.

Separate from any troop request forwarded by the commanders in.

The military's management of troop nutrition, however, is lagging.

American officials say they had little warning of the troop influx.

But now the dream of a tilt-rotor troop transport could finally come true.

Decisions about troop deployment will remain in the hands of national governments.

Scout troop is that the scouts have adult supervision.

While it would have been fun to troop five blocks to the.

They tell enemies to go away and warn troop members of danger.

Because they don't use a lens, the cameras were originally designed for miniature drone sensors and troop helmet-cams.

The slate does not get wiped clean each time voters troop to the polls.

The entire six-member troop celebrated the milestone, enjoying treats and presents through the morning.

Groves worries that many of the young staff will be bored when they return to stateside jobs at base hospitals or troop clinics.

He's younger, in his prime, and ready to rule the troop.

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World English Dictionary

troop (truːp)

—n
1.	a large group or assembly; flock: a troop of children
2.	a subdivision of a cavalry squadron or artillery battery of about platoon size
3.	(plural) armed forces; soldiers
4.	a large group of Scouts comprising several patrols
5.	an archaic spelling of troupe

—vb
6.	(intr) to gather, move, or march in or as if in a crowd
7.	chiefly (Brit) (tr) military to parade (the colour or flag) ceremonially: trooping the colour
8.	slang (Brit) (tr) military (formerly) to report (a serviceman) for a breach of discipline
9.	(intr) an archaic word for consort

[C16: from French troupe, from troupeau flock, of Germanic origin]

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Word Origin & History

troop

1545, "body of soldiers," from M.Fr. troupe, from O.Fr. trope "band of people, company, troop" (13c.), probably from Frank. *throp "assembly, gathering of people" (cf. O.E. ðorp, O.N. thorp "village," see thorp). OED derives the O.Fr. word from L. troppus "flock," which

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is of unknown origin but may be from the Gmc. source. The verb is attested from 1565, "to assemble;" meaning "to march" is recorded from 1592; that of "to go in great numbers, to flock" is from 1610. Trooper "soldier in the cavalry" is first attested 1640; extended to "mounted policeman" (1858, in Australian) then to "state policeman" (U.S.) by 1911.

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