troop

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: scout troopscout groupflockparadepromenade

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. a group of soldiers
  2. a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
  3. a unit of Girl or Boy ScoutsSynonyms: scout troopscout group
  4. an orderly crowd“a troop of children”Synonyms: flock

Verb (2)

  1. march in a procession“the veterans paraded down the street”Synonyms: paradepromenade
  2. move or march as if in a crowd“They children trooped into the room”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Troop \Troop\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]

That which should accompany old age As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural. [1913 Webster]

Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

4.A company of stageplayers; a troupe. --W. Coxe. [1913 Webster]

5.(Mil.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march. [1913 Webster]

6.See Boy scout, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Troop \Troop\, v. i. [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. [1913 Webster]

2.To march on; to go forward in haste. [1913 Webster]

Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Troop \Troop\, v. t.

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.]

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