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troop Definition

troop (tro̵̅o̅p)

noun

  1. a group of persons, animals, or, formerly, things; herd, flock, band, etc.
  2. loosely a great number; lot
    1. a body of soldiers
    2. soldiers 45 troops were killed
    1. a subdivision of a mounted cavalry regiment
    2. an armored cavalry unit that corresponds to a company of infantry
  5. a unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under an adult leader
  6. Archaic a group of actors; troupe

Etymology: Fr troupe < OFr, back-form. < troupeau < ML troppus, a flock < Frank *throp, a crowd; akin to OE thorp, village: see thorp

intransitive verb

  1. to gather or go together in a throng the crowd trooped out of the stadium
  2. to walk, go, or pass children were trooping along the sidewalk
  3. Archaic to associate or consort

troop Idioms

troop the colors

Brit. to parade the colors, or flag, before troops

troop Synonyms

troop

n.

flock, collection, number, company, troupe, band, crowd, delegation, assemblage; see also gathering.

troop is applied to a group of people organized as a unit a cavalry troop, or working or acting together in close cooperation troops of sightseers; troupe is the current form with reference to a group of performers, as in the theater or a circus; company is the general word for any group of people associated in any of various ways the whole company of his detractors; band suggests a relatively small group of people closely united for some common purpose and, in a more specific sense, a group of musicians a band of thieves, a brass band

troop Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • cavalry: Troops of cavalry were going up and down the principal thoroughfares, accompanied by pieces of artillery, drawn by horses.
  • horseman: Cromwell raised a troop of sixty horsemen and effectively secured Cambridgeshire for Parliament.

Converse of object

  • deploy: The number of deployed troops was at least 40 % short of the required levels.
  • peacekeepe: The peacekeeping troops of the African Union had promised to protect these camps last autumn.
  • withdraw: While the motion is unlikely to receive a majority vote, it could increase the pressure on Blair to withdraw British troops from Iraq.
  • ally: It was a desperate battle in which 22,000 allied troops were killed or wounded compared with 12,000 of the French.
  • entertain: During World War II he was declared unfit for active service after a serious illness, but entertained troops all over the world.
  • send: At the request of the UN, the EU sent 1,500 troops to Congo at the beginning of June 2003.

Adjective modifier

  • allied: It is best known for assisting the Allied troops to Gold and Juno beaches on the morning of D-Day in June 6, 1944.
  • British: In September 1940, Italy attacked the British troops based in Egypt.
  • Soviet: Episode 9 glosses over, in a sentence, the conduct of Soviet troops toward women civilians in Germany in 1945.
  • Iraqi: What the troops had talked about was their growing confidence in the Iraqi troops that they were working with.
  • Turkish: A Macedonian band was surprised at one of the villages by the Turkish troops.

Modifies a noun

  • commander: The troop commander can then counter specific hostile intelligence efforts.
  • deployment: But all three mainstream parties welcomed the troops deployment.

Noun used with modifier

  • coalition: Other innocent soldiers from coalition troops dead number 176.
  • cavalry: The FARP uses this method to resupply air cavalry troops.
  • front-line: More Sellotape was used in the wrapping of Mr John than was used by front-line troops in the Vietnam War.
  • scout: Byron, now running a scout troop in Leicestershire, says he would be delighted to hear from old classmates.

Browse dictionary entries near troop

  1. ‹ Trondheim
  2. ‹ trona
  3. ‹ -tron
  4. ‹ trompe l'oeil
  5. ‹ trompe
  6. ‹ tromp
  7. ‹ trommel
  8. ‹ trombone
  9. ‹ trombidiasis
  10. ‹ trolly
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