troop

UK /tɹuːp/ US /tɹuːp/
noun 5verb 3name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).

That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have.

2

A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.

3

A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.

4

A group of soldiers; military forces.

Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?

Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars.

5

An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper.

One American M48 was slightly grazed and one American troop lightly wounded.

Although the mission failed, at least 5 ISIL militants were killed, however 1 American troop was wounded. According to the reports, Jordan had a role in the operation and that one Jordanian soldier had been wounded as well.

verb

1

To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.

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.

2

To march on; to go forward in haste.

3

To move or march as if in a crowd.

The children trooped into the room.

name

1

A surname.

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