'Troop' definitions:
Definition of 'troop'
(from WordNet)
noun
A group of soldiers
noun
A cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
noun
A unit of Girl or Boy Scouts [syn: troop, scout troop, scout group]
noun
An orderly crowd; "a troop of children" [syn: troop, flock]
verb
verb
Move or march as if in a crowd; "They children trooped into the room"
Definition of 'Troop'
From: GCIDE
- Troop \Troop\, n. [F. troupe, OF. trope, trupe, LL. troppus; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. [thorn]orp a hamlet, village, G. dorf a village, dial. G. dorf a meeting. Norw. torp a little farm, a crowd, E. thorp. Cf. Troupe.]
- 1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. [1913 Webster]
- That which should accompany old age As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mil.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A company of stageplayers; a troupe. --W. Coxe. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mil.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march. [1913 Webster]
- 6. See Boy scout, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Troop'
From: GCIDE
- Troop \Troop\, v. t.
- To troop the colors or To troop the colours (Mil.), in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and usually in a hollow square, as in London on the sovereign's birthday. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Troop'
From: GCIDE
- Troop \Troop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Trooping.]
- 1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. "Armies . . . troop to their standard." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To march on; to go forward in haste. [1913 Webster]
- Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'troop'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- age group,
- ambulate,
- armed forces,
- army,
- army group,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- band,
- battalion,
- battery,
- battle group,
- bevy,
- body,
- brigade,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cadre,
- cast,
- clique,
- cohort,
- collection,
- colony,
- column,
- combat command,
- combat team,
- company,
- complement,
- contingent,
- corps,
- coterie,
- covey,
- crew,
- crowd,
- detachment,
- detail,
- division,
- drift,
- drive,
- drove,
- faction,
- field army,
- field train,
- file,
- fleet,
- flock,
- flying column,
- foot it,
- forces,
- gam,
- gang,
- garrison,
- gathering,
- group,
- grouping,
- groupment,
- herd,
- hoof,
- host,
- in-group,
- junta,
- kennel,
- kitchen police,
- KP,
- legion,
- litter,
- maniple,
- military,
- mob,
- movement,
- multitude,
- organization,
- out-group,
- outfit,
- pace,
- pack,
- party,
- peer group,
- phalanx,
- platoon,
- pod,
- posse,
- pride,
- rank,
- regiment,
- salon,
- school,
- section,
- set,
- shoal,
- skulk,
- sloth,
- soldiers,
- squad,
- squadron,
- stable,
- step,
- string,
- tactical unit,
- task force,
- team,
- train,
- traipse,
- tread,
- tribe,
- trip,
- troopers,
- troupe,
- unit,
- wing