troop

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Soldiers, especially when thought of as a group.

   Thousands of troops were sent to the border.

2. 2
   noun

   A group of people or animals moving together.

   A troop of children came running across the field.

3. 3
   verb

   To walk somewhere together as a group.

   The children trooped into the classroom after recess.

Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe, from Back-formation from troupeau, from Middle French trope, troupe, from Old French trope, trupe, of unknown origin. Compare Early Medieval Latin troppus. Doublet of troupe, and possibly also of thorp, dorp, and trip. Cognate with German Dorf (“village”).

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