troop
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/tɹuːp/]
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Senses
1. troop (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
Example: That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have.
2. troop (noun) — sense 2
Definition: A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).: A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
3. troop (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).: A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
4. troop (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
Example: 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.
5. troop (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To march on; to go forward in haste.
6. troop (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To move or march as if in a crowd.
Example: The children trooped into the room.
Structure of the word
Roots:- treb (Proto-Indo-European)
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