name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
troop
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /tɹuːp/
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British, Southern, Standard: /tɹʉwp/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /tɹup/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /tɹʉːp/
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Scotland: /tɾʉp/
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Northern-Ireland: /tɹʉp/
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Wales: /tɾuːp/
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rhymes with -uːp
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homophone: troupe
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CMU ARPABET: T R UW1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective
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noun
Meaning 3
A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 4
A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
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noun
Meaning 5
A group of soldiers; military forces.
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Usage: in-plural
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noun
Meaning 6
An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Topics: government, military, politics, war
Examples
- 2022, CNN, First Russian troop to speak out publicly against Putin’s war. Hear what he has to say (archived)
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noun
Meaning 7
A company of actors; a troupe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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noun
Meaning 8
A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: scouting
Examples
- Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1920), Aids To Scoutmastership, page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.”
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noun
Meaning 9
A group of monkeys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective
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noun
Meaning 10
A group of meerkat families living together.
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noun
Meaning 11
A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
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noun
Meaning 12
A group of mushrooms that are close but not close enough to be called a cluster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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verb
Meaning 13
To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
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verb
Meaning 14
To march on; to go forward in haste.
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verb
Meaning 15
To move or march as if in a crowd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The children trooped into the room.
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noun
Meaning 16
a group of soldiers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: army unit
Narrower terms: shock troops
noun
Meaning 17
a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: army unit
noun
Meaning 18
an orderly crowd
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a troop of children
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Synonyms: flock
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Broader terms: crowd
noun
Meaning 19
a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: scout troop, scout group
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Broader terms: unit, social unit
verb
Meaning 20
move or march as if in a crowd
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They children trooped into the room
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Broader terms: march
verb
Meaning 21
march in a procession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the veterans paraded down the street
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parade, promenade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: march, process
History
Etymology
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”).
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: множество (množestvo) — collection of people
- Bulgarian: тълпа (tǎlpa) — collection of people
- Catalan: colla — collection of people
- Catalan: tropa — collection of people
- Czech: skupina — collection of people
- Finnish: joukko — collection of people
- Galician: tropel — collection of people
- Galician: tropa — collection of people
- German: Trupp — collection of people
- German: Truppe — collection of people
- Hungarian: banda — collection of people
- Irish: cuire — collection of people
- Italian: truppa — collection of people
- Latin: caterva — collection of people
- Russian: тру́ппа (trúppa) — collection of people
- Russian: гру́ппа (grúppa) — collection of people
- Swahili: kikosi — collection of people
- Tagalog: sampanawan — collection of people
- Bulgarian: ескадрон (eskadron) — small unit of cavalry
- Finnish: komppania — small unit of cavalry
- Ancient Greek: ἴλη (ílē) — small unit of cavalry
- Hindi: टुकड़ी (ṭukṛī) — small unit of cavalry
- Latin: turma — small unit of cavalry
- Māori: turupa — small unit of cavalry
- Russian: отря́д (otrjád) — small unit of cavalry
- Finnish: joukko — detachment of soldiers or police
- Ancient Greek: ἴλη (ílē) — detachment of soldiers or police
- Hindi: टुकड़ी (ṭukṛī) — detachment of soldiers or police
- Māori: turupa — detachment of soldiers or police
- Middle English: genge — detachment of soldiers or police
- Russian: отря́д (otrjád) — detachment of soldiers or police
- Russian: отделе́ние (otdelénije) — detachment of soldiers or police
- Swahili: vikosi — detachment of soldiers or police
- Armenian: զորք (zorkʻ) — military forces
- Azerbaijani: qoşun — military forces
- Belarusian: во́йські (vójsʹki) — military forces
- Bulgarian: войски (vojski) — military forces
- Catalan: tropa — military forces
- Chinese Mandarin: 軍隊 /军队 (jūnduì) — military forces
- Dutch: ploeg — military forces
- Estonian: üksus — military forces
- Finnish: joukot — military forces
- French: troupes — military forces
- Galician: tropa — military forces
- German: Truppen — military forces
- Hindi: टुकड़ी (ṭukṛī) — military forces
- Hungarian: osztag — military forces
- Hungarian: egység — military forces
- Icelandic: sveit — military forces
- Indonesian: tentara — military forces
- Italian: truppa — military forces
- Japanese: 軍隊 (guntai) — military forces
- Korean: 군대 (gundae) — military forces
- Latvian: nodalījums — military forces
- Macedonian: војска (vojska) — military forces
- Polish: oddział — military forces
- Portuguese: tropa — military forces
- Russian: войска́ (vojská) — military forces
- Serbo-Croatian: тру̏па — military forces
- Serbo-Croatian: trȕpa — military forces
- Slovak: oddiel — military forces
- Sundanese: tangtara — military forces
- Swahili: kikosi — military forces
- Swedish: trupp — military forces
- Tagalog: sampanawan — military forces
- Ottoman Turkish: عسكر (ʼasker) — military forces
- Ukrainian: війська́ (vijsʹká) — military forces
- Bulgarian: трупа (trupa) — company of stageplayers
- Catalan: soldats — company of stageplayers
- Finnish: ryhmä — company of stageplayers
- Swahili: vikosi — particular roll of the drum
- Czech: oddíl — unit of girl or boy scouts
- Finnish: vartio — unit of girl or boy scouts
- Norwegian Bokmål: tropp — unit of girl or boy scouts
- Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se) — to move in numbers
- Bulgarian: тълпя се (tǎlpja se) — to move in numbers
- Finnish: marssia — to move in numbers
- Finnish: marssia — to march on; to go forward in haste
- Finnish: marssia — to move or march as if in a crowd
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