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troop
(tro͞op)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.
[French troupe, from Old French trope, probably from Vulgar Latin *troppu-.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
troops
- squadron - Borrowed from Italian squadrone, from Latin quadrare, "square"; the sense of "military group" comes from an earlier "square formation of troops."
- campaign - First meant an open tract of land, from Latin campus, "level ground," and the change to a military meaning came from troops "taking the field"—moving from fortress or town to open country—from which the political sense evolved, referring to the organized efforts of office-seekers to sway public opinion or influence their vote at an upcoming election.
- echelon - Comes from French echelle, "ladder," from Latin scala, and first meant a formation of troops.
- corporal - Its military meaning came from "the head of a body of troops," from French caporale.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
troops
A collective term for uniformed military personnel (usually not applicable to naval personnel afloat). See also airborne troops; combat service support elements; combat support troops; service troops; tactical troops.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() army unit - a military unit that is part of an army armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" friendly - troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces; "friendlies came to their rescue" hostile - troops belonging to the enemy's military forces; "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles" garrison - the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place |
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Translations
جُنُودقُوّات
vojácivojsko
soldatertropper
sotajoukot
trupe
katonaság
herliî
軍隊
군대
vojaci
čete
trupper
กองทหาร
askerlerbirlikler
lính
troop
(truːp) noun1. a group of ordinary soldiers.
2. a crowd or collection (of people or animals). A troop of visitors arrived.
verb to go in a group. They all trooped into his office.
ˈtrooper noun an ordinary soldier.
troops noun plural soldiers.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
troops
→ جُنُود vojsko soldater Truppen στρατεύματα tropas sotajoukot troupes trupe truppe 軍隊 군대 troepen tropper wojsko tropa войска trupper กองทหาร birlikler lính 部队Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009