troop

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe (back-formation of troupeau, diminutive of Mediaeval Latin troppus "flock") and Middle French troupe (from Old French trope "band, company, troop"), both of Germanic origin from Frankish *þrop (throp) (“‘assembly, gathering’”) from Proto-Germanic *þurpa- (“‘village, land, estate’”) from Proto-Germanic *treb- (“‘dwelling’”). Akin to Old English þorp, þrop "village, farm, estate" (Modern English thorp), Old Frisian þorp, Old Norse þorp.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: truːp
• Rhymes: -uːp

[edit] Noun

troop (plural troops)

1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
2. (military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
3. A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
4. Soldiers, military forces (usually "troops").
5. (nonstandard) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
6. A particular roll of the drum
7. a unit of girl or boy scouts
8. an orderly crowd

[edit] Derived terms

• trooper
• troopship
• troop carrier

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to troop (third-person singular simple present troops, present participle trooping, simple past and past participle trooped)

1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
2. To march on; to go forward in haste.
3. to move or march as if in a crowd; “The children trooped into the room”.

[edit] Derived terms

• troop the colour (British, military)

[edit] References

• “troop” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• “troop” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Collective nouns

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ooprt
• proto