Troop

/tɹuːp/ · noun

Meaning

(collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
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. (chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.
5. (military, nonstandard) An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper.
6. (nonstandard) A company of actors; a troupe.
7. (scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
8. (collective) A group of monkeys.

Example Sentences

That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have.

Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?

Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars.

His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines.

2022, CNN, First Russian troop to speak out publicly against Putin’s war. Hear what he has to say (archived)

One American M48 was slightly grazed and one American troop lightly wounded.

Although the mission failed, at least 5 ISIL militants were killed, however 1 American troop was wounded. According to the reports, Jordan had a role in the operation and that one Jordanian soldier had been wounded as well.

In order to form the new troop to a greater degree of perfection, the four principal actors were placed in the seminary of the cadets

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• troops
• trooping
• trooped

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