Troop
[truːp] or [trʊp]
Definition
(noun.) a group of soldiers.
(noun.) a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company.
(noun.) an orderly crowd; 'a troop of children'.
(noun.) a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts.
(verb.) move or march as if in a crowd; 'They children trooped into the room'.
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Definition
(n.) A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
(n.) Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.
(n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.
(n.) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
(n.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
(v. i.) To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
(v. i.) To march on; to go forward in haste.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Throng, multitude, company, power, band, gang, crew, squad.
v. n. Throng, gather in crowds, collect in numbers.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Crowd, assemblage, multitude, herd, collection, band, company, gang, horde,throng
ANT:Paucity, selection, bevy, elite
Editor: Rosanne
Definition
n. a crowd or collection of people: a company: soldiers taken collectively an army usually in pl.: a small body of cavalry forming the unit of formation consisting usually of sixty men corresponding to a company of infantry: the command of a troop of horse.—v.i. to collect in numbers: to march in a company or in haste.—ns. Troop′er a private cavalry soldier: a cavalry horse: a troop′-ship; Troop′-horse a cavalry horse; Troop′-ship a vessel for conveying soldiers.—Trooping the colours a ceremony performed at the public mounting of garrison guards.—Household troops (see House).
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Examples
- I accordingly assembled my troop, and proposed to them this retrograde movement, instead of the continuation of our journey to Auxerre. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Suppose it had been a troop of cavalry? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But perhaps he was speaking now; there was a momentary hush of their noise, inarticulate as that of a troop of animals. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Once as he passed close to a troop truck and the lights flashed he saw their faces fixed and sad in the sudden light. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Having surveyed and criticized the whole troop, he turned to me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Another full troop on their way up there. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- That is a troop of twenty horse. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- All the troops you can quickly assemble should be brought. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The capture was a disgraceful one to the officer commanding but not to the troops under him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From the window of Worcester's barrack-room I used to amuse myself reviewing our troops, but not after the fashion of Catharine of Russia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Early says in his Memoirs that if we had discovered the confusion in his lines we might have brought fresh troops to his great discomfort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was conducted at once to where Sheridan was located with his troops drawn up in line of battle facing the Confederate army near by. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I drew up all the instructions for the contemplated move, and kept them in my pocket until I should hear of the junction of our troops at Jackson. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After them trooped the old men, and the women and children until, in a moment, the village was deserted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They trooped after us, and never more while we tarried in Fayal did we get rid of them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The trooping in of numbers, the trampling of many steps and murmuring of many voices, were likewise audible. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- With that, he called to his men, who came trooping into the kitchen one after another, and piled their arms in a corner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- What sends them trooping to watering-places? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And to her, with a shrill thirsty cry, trooping women variously armed, but all armed alike in hunger and revenge. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- His two attendants followed him, Mr Flintwinch followed them, and they all came trooping into Mrs Clennam's quiet room. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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