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troop

TROOP, n.

1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. Gen.49. 2 Sam.23. Hos.7.

That which should accompany old age,

As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,

I must not look to have.

2. A body of soldiers. But applied to infantry, it is now used in the plural, troops, and this word signifies soldiers in general, whether more or less numerous, including infantry, cavalry and artillery. We apply the word to a company, a regiment or an army. The captain ordered his troops to halt; the colonel commanded his troops to wheel and take a position on the flank; the general ordered his troops to attack; the troops of France amounted to 400,000 men.

3. Troop, in the singular, a small body or company of cavalry, light horse or dragoons, commanded by a captain.

4. A company of stage-players.

TROOP, v.i. To collect in numbers.

Armies at the call of trumpet,

Troop to their standard.

1. To march in a body.

I do not, as an enemy to peace,

Troop in the throngs of military men.

2. To march in haste or in company.


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TROOP, n.

1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. Gen.49. 2 Sam.23. Hos.7.

That which should accompany old age,

As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,

I must not look to have.

2. A body of soldiers. But applied to infantry, it is now used in the plural, troops, and this word signifies soldiers in general, whether more or less numerous, including infantry, cavalry and artillery. We apply the word to a company, a regiment or an army. The captain ordered his troops to halt; the colonel commanded his troops to wheel and take a position on the flank; the general ordered his troops to attack; the troops of France amounted to 400,000 men.

3. Troop, in the singular, a small body or company of cavalry, light horse or dragoons, commanded by a captain.

4. A company of stage-players.

TROOP, v.i. To collect in numbers.

Armies at the call of trumpet,

Troop to their standard.

1. To march in a body.

I do not, as an enemy to peace,

Troop in the throngs of military men.

2. To march in haste or in company.

TROOP, n. [Fr. troupe; It. truppa; Sp. and Port. tropa; Dan. and D. trop; G. trupp; Sw. tropp. The Gaelic trapan, a bunch or cluster, is probably the same word. The sense is a crowd, or a moving crowd.]

  1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. Gen. xlix. 2 Sam. xxiii. Hos. vii. That which should accompany old age, / As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have. Shak.
  2. A body of soldiers. But applied to infantry, it is now used in the plural, troops, and this word signifies soldiers in general, whether more or less numerous, including infantry, cavalry and artillery. We apply the word to a company, a regiment or an army. The captain ordered his troops to halt; the colonel commanded his troops to wheel and take a position on the flank; the general ordered his troops to attack; the troops of France amounted to 400,000 men.
  3. Troop, in the singular, a small body or company of cavalry, light horse or dragoons, commanded by a captain.
  4. A company of stage-players. Coxe's Russ.

TROOP, v.i.

  1. To collect in numbers. Armies at the call of trumpet, / Troop to their standard. Milton.
  2. To march in a body. I do not, as an enemy to peace, / Troop in the throngs of military men. Shak.
  3. To march in haste or in company. Shak. Chapman.

Troop
  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. To move in numbers] to come or gather in crowds or troops.

    "Armies . . . troop to their standard." Milton.
  3. See Boy scout, above.
  4. A mounted policeman.

    [Australia] The black troopers of Queensland are a regiment of aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild aborigines who encroach on sheep runs.
  5. 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.

  6. To march on; to go forward in haste.

    Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,
    Troop in the throngs of military men.     Shak.

  7. 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.
  8. A company of stageplayers; a troupe.

    W. Coxe.
  9. A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
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Troop

TROOP, noun

1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. Genesis 49:19. 2 Samuel 23:11. Hosea 7.

That which should accompany old age,

As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,

I must not look to have.

2. A body of soldiers. But applied to infantry, it is now used in the plural, troops, and this word signifies soldiers in general, whether more or less numerous, including infantry, cavalry and artillery. We apply the word to a company, a regiment or an army. The captain ordered his troops to halt; the colonel commanded his troops to wheel and take a position on the flank; the general ordered his troops to attack; the troops of France amounted to 400, 000 men.

3. troop in the singular, a small body or company of cavalry, light horse or dragoons, commanded by a captain.

4. A company of stage-players.

TROOP, verb intransitive To collect in numbers.

Armies at the call of trumpet,

TROOP to their standard.

1. To march in a body.

I do not, as an enemy to peace,

TROOP in the throngs of military men.

2. To march in haste or in company.

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