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noun
1.
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
2.
a great number or multitude: A whole troop of children swarmed through the museum.
3.
Military. an armored cavalry or cavalry unit consisting of two or more platoons and a headquarters group.
4.
troops, a body of soldiers, police, etc.: Mounted troops quelled the riot.
5.
EXPANDa unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts usually having a maximum of 32 members under the guidance of an adult leader.
verb (used without object)
8.
to gather in a company; flock together.
9.
to come, go, or pass in great numbers; throng.
10.
to walk, as if in a march; go: to troop down to breakfast.
11.
to walk, march, or pass in rank or order: The students trooped into the auditorium.
12.
to associate or consort (usually followed by with).
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Trooping
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verb (used with object)
13.
British Military. to carry (the flag or colors) in a ceremonial way before troops.
14.
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
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
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.
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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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
EXPANDis 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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