troop Definition
troop (tro̵̅o̅p)
noun
- a group of persons, animals, or, formerly, things; herd, flock, band, etc.
- loosely a great number; lot
- a body of soldiers
- soldiers 45 troops were killed
- a subdivision of a mounted cavalry regiment
- an armored cavalry unit that corresponds to a company of infantry
- a unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under an adult leader
- 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
- to gather or go together in a throng the crowd trooped out of the stadium
- to walk, go, or pass children were trooping along the sidewalk
- Archaic to associate or consort
troop Idioms
troop the colors
Brit. to parade the colors, or flag, before troops
troop Synonyms
troop
n.
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
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