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tromp

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tromp  (trmp)
v. tromped, tromp·ing, tromps Informal
v.intr.
1. To walk heavily and noisily; tramp.
2. To apply heavy foot pressure on something: tromped on the accelerator and sped off.
v.tr.
1. To trample underfoot.
2. To defeat soundly; trounce.
[Variant of tramp.]
Tromp (Dutch) [tromp]
n
1. (Biographies / Tromp, Cornelius (Martenszoon) (1629-1691) M, Dutch, MILITARY: admiral) Cornelius (Martenszoon) (korˈneɪlɪs). 1629-91, Dutch admiral, who fought during the 2nd and 3rd Anglo-Dutch Wars
2. (Biographies / Tromp, Maarten (Harpertszoon) (1598-1653) M, Dutch, MILITARY: admiral) his father, Maarten (Harpertszoon) (ˈmartən). 1598-1653, Dutch admiral, who fought in the 1st Anglo-Dutch War: killed in action


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A conversation usually ripened into a peculiar sort of intimacy, and it was extraordinary how many little services Van Tromp contrived to render in the course of six-and-thirty hours.
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"Well, well," said Cornelius, "you are a very skilful pilot, John; but I doubt whether you will as safely guide your brother out of the Buytenhof in the midst of this gale, and through the raging surf of popular hatred, as you did the fleet of Van Tromp past the shoals of the Scheldt to Antwerp.
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