troop

== English == === 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. Doublet of troupe, and possibly also of thorp, dorp, and trip. Cognate with German Dorf (“village”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɹuːp/ Rhymes: -uːp Homophone: troupe === Noun === troop (plural troops) (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). (military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry. A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers. (chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces. (military, nonstandard) An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper. 2022, CNN, First Russian troop to speak out publicly against Putin’s war. Hear what he has to say (archived) (nonstandard) A company of actors; a troupe. (scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each. Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1920), Aids To Scoutmastership‎[1], page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.” (collective) A group of monkeys. A group of meerkat families living together. A particular roll of the drum; a quick march. (mycology) A group of mushrooms that are close but not close enough to be called a cluster. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === troop (third-person singular simple present troops, present participle trooping, simple past and past participle trooped) To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. To march on; to go forward in haste. To move or march as if in a crowd. ==== Derived terms ==== troop the colour (British, military) ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:English collective nouns === References === Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “troop”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “troop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === proto-, poort, porto-, porto, Topor, tropo, Porto, Proto, tropo-, proot, proto == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin tropus. === Pronunciation === === Noun === troop f (plural tropen, diminutive troopje n) (music, literature, linguistics) trope