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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Troop \Troop\, verb (used with an object)
{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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Troop \Troop\, verb (used without an object) [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.
2. To march on; to go forward in haste.
Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Troop \Troop\, noun [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.
That which should accompany old age As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have. --Shak.
2. Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.
Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars. --Shak.
His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines. --Macaulay.
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.
4. A company of stageplayers; a troupe. --W. Coxe.
5. (Mil.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
6. See {Boy scout}, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
troop
noun
1: a group of soldiers
2: a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
3: a unit of girl or boy scouts [syn: {scout troop}, {scout group}]
4: an orderly crowd; "a troop of children" [syn: {flock}]
verb
1: march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street" [syn: {parade}, {promenade}]
2: move or march as if in a crowd; "They children trooped into the room"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "troop": KP, 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, 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
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