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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Troop

Trōop, n.

noun

n. [Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope, tr upe, Pr. trop, Sp. & Pg. tropa, It. truppa, L. Lat. troppus, probably from Lat. turba, a crowd, throng, troop; Gr. τρύβη, D. troep, Dan. trop, Sw. trupp, Ger. trupp.] 1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. That which should accompany old age— As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends— I must not look to have. Shak. 2. Soldiers taken collectively; an army;—usually in the plural. Farewell the plumed troop, and the big sword That make ambition virtue. Shak. 3. Specifically, a small body or company of cavalry, light-horse, or dragoons, commanded by a captain. His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines. Macaulay.

  1. A company of stage-players; a troupe. Coxe.
  2. A particular roll or call of the drum.

Trōop, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. TROOPED (trōopt); p. pr. & vb. n. TROOPING.]

Sense 1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds.

Armies, at the call of trumpet, Troop to their standard. Milton.

Sense 2. To march on; to go forward in haste.

I do not, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men. Shak.

I second thee; troop on. Shak.