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troop

Pronunciation: /truːp/
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Definition of troop

noun

  • 1 (troops) soldiers or armed forces:UN peacekeeping troops (as modifier troop)troop cuts
  • 2a cavalry unit commanded by a captain.
  • a unit of artillery and armoured formation.
  • a group of three or more Scout patrols.
  • 3a group of people or animals of a particular kind:a troop of musicians

verb

[no object, with adverbial of direction]
  • (of a group of people) come or go together or in large numbers:the girls trooped in for dinner
  • (of a lone person) walk at a slow or steady pace:Caroline trooped wearily home from work

Phrases

troop the colour

British perform the ceremony of parading a regiment’s flag along ranks of soldiers.

Origin:

mid 16th century: from French troupe, back-formation from troupeau, diminutive of medieval Latin troppus 'flock', probably of Germanic origin

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