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   troop

   /truːp/

   noun

   • 1. soldiers or armed forces: "UN peacekeeping troops" Similar soldiersarmed forcesservice menmenservice womenthe servicesthe armythe militarysoldiery
   • 2. a cavalry unit commanded by a captain.
   • ▪ a unit of artillery and armoured formation.
   • ▪ a group of three or more Scout patrols.
   • 3. a group of people or animals of a particular kind: "a troop of musicians" Similar grouppartybandgangbevybodycompanytroupeassemblagegatheringcrowdthronghordepackdroveflockswarmstreammultitudehostarmycohortmobcorpscontingentsquaddetachmentunitdetailpatrolinformal:bunchgagglecrewposseload

   verb

   • 1. (of a group of people) come or go together or in large numbers: "the girls trooped in for dinner" Similar walkmarchfilestraggleflockcrowdthrongstreamswarmsurgespill
   • ▪ (of a lone person) walk at a slow or steady pace: "Caroline trooped wearily home from work" Similar trudgeplodtraipsetraildrag oneselftrampinformal:schlep

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French troupe, back-formation from troupeau, diminutive of medieval Latin troppus ‘flock’, probably of Germanic origin.

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