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Troop

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Noun

1. troop

a group of soldiers

2. troop

a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company

3. scout group, scout troop, troop

a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts

4. flock, troop

an orderly crowd

Example Sentences:
'a troop of children'

Verb

5. parade, promenade, troop

march in a procession

Example Sentences:
'the veterans paraded down the street'

6. troop

move or march as if in a crowd

Example Sentences:
'They children trooped into the room'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Troop

see synonyms of troop
noun
1. 
a large group or assembly; flock
a troop of children
2. 
a subdivision of a cavalry squadron or artillery battery of about platoon size
3. (plural)
armed forces; soldiers
4. 
a large group of Scouts comprising several patrols
5.  an archaic spelling of troupe
verb
6. (intransitive)
to gather, move, or march in or as if in a crowd
7. (transitive) military, mainly British
to parade (the colour or flag) ceremonially
trooping the colour
8. (transitive) British military slang
(formerly) to report (a serviceman) for a breach of discipline
9. (intransitive) an archaic word for consort (sense 1)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Troop

see synonyms of troop
noun
1. 
a group of persons, animals, or, formerly, things; herd, flock, band, etc.
2.  Loosely
a great number; lot
3.  [pl.]
a. 
a body of soldiers
b. 
soldiers
45 troops were killed
4. 
a. 
a subdivision of a mounted cavalry regiment
b. 
an armored cavalry unit that corresponds to a company of infantry
5. 
a unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under an adult leader
6.  Archaic
a group of actors; troupe
verb intransitive
7. 
to gather or go together in a throng
the crowd trooped out of the stadium
8. 
to walk, go, or pass
children were trooping along the sidewalk
9.  Archaic
to associate or consort

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Troop

see synonyms of troop
n.
1.
a. A group of soldiers.
b. troops Military units; soldiers.
c. A unit of cavalry, armored vehicles, or artillery in a European army, corresponding to a platoon in the US Army.
2. A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader.
3. A group or company of people, animals, or things.
intr.v. trooped, troop·ing, troops
To move or go as a group or in large numbers: The students trooped into the auditorium.

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