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troop

  [troop] ,
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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. a unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts usually having a maximum of 32 members under the guidance of an adult leader.
6. a herd, flock, or swarm.
7. Archaic. a band or troupe of actors.
–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 fol. by with).
–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; < F troupe, OF trope, prob. back formation from tropel herd, flock (F troupeau), equiv. to trop- (< Gmc; see thorp ) + -el ≪ L -ellus dim. suffix

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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troop   (trōōp)   
n.  
  1. A group or company of people, animals, or things. See Synonyms at band2, flock1.
    1. A group of soldiers.
    2. troops Military units; soldiers.
    3. A unit of cavalry, armored vehicles, or artillery in a European army, corresponding to a platoon in the U.S. Army.
  3. A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader.
  4. A great many; a lot.
intr.v.   trooped, troop·ing, troops
  1. To move or go as a throng.
  2. To assemble or move in crowds.
  3. To consort; associate.

[French troupe, from Old French trope, probably from Vulgar Latin *troppu-.]
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