troop

troop

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/tɹuːp/]

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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