troop
//tɹuːp//
Forms
- Plural
- troops
- present (v1)
- troop
- past (v2)
- trooped
- past participle (v3)
- trooped
- present participle
- trooping
- 3rd person singular
- troops
Definitions
1.A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- That which should accompany old age, / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have.
2.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.A group of soldiers; military forces.
- Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars.
- His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines.
- Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
1.To march on; to go forward in haste.
2.To move or march as if in a crowd.
- The children trooped into the room.
3.To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1570
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe, from Back-formation from troupeau, from Middle French trope, troupe, from Old French trope, trupe, of unknown origin. Compare Early Medieval Latin troppus.