troop en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /tɹuːp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /tɹʉp/ (Northern-Ireland)
- /tɹup/ (US)
- /tɾʉp/ (Scotland)
- /tɹʉːp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /tɾuːp/ (Wales)
- /tɹʉwp/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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”).
Meanings
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(collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
- (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). ▸ A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
- (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). ▸ A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
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(collective, in-plural) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). ▸ A group of soldiers; military forces.
Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 147, column 2:His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines.
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter I, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
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(collective, nonstandard) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). ▸ A company of actors; a troupe.
In order to form the new troop to a greater degree of perfection, the four principal actors were placed in the seminary of the cadets
1784, William Coxe, Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark:
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(collective, qualifier:scouting) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). ▸ A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
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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(broadly, nonstandard) An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper.
One American M48 was slightly grazed and one American troop lightly wounded.
2018 August 8, Donald R. White, Death In a Lonely Place, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 82:Although the mission failed, at least 5 ISIL militants were killed, however 1 American troop was wounded. According to the reports, Jordan had a role in the operation and that one Jordanian soldier had been wounded as well.
(Can we date this quote?), Victor Grant-Lawrence, Conspiracy Theories And Stuff, Lulu.com, →ISBN:2022, CNN, First Russian troop to speak out publicly against Putin’s war. Hear what he has to say (archived)
- (collective) A group of animals. ▸ A group of primates (lemurs, monkeys and apes).
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(collective) A group of animals. ▸ A group of meerkat families living together.
troop of meerkats is usually made up of two or three family groups.
2011, Mammals of the Southern Hemisphere, Marshall Cavendish Reference, page 178:
- A group of mushrooms that are close but not close enough to be called a cluster.
- A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| troops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
troopmate · troop carrier · trooplift · storm troop · intertroop · troop train · trooper · stormtroop · troopwise · paratroop · troop horse · troopship · shock troop
Translations (74)
et üksus (military forces) · hi टुकड़ी (small unit of cavalry) · fi komppania (small unit of cavalry) · gl tropa (collection of people) · la turma (small unit of cavalry) · gl tropel (collection of people) · sw kikosi (military forces) · enm genge (detachment of soldiers or police) · ota عسكر (military forces) · mk војска (military forces) · ru отделе́ние (detachment of soldiers or police) · ga cuire (collection of people) · hi टुकड़ी (military forces) · sk oddiel (military forces) · la caterva (collection of people) · pt tropa (military forces) · sh trȕpa (military forces) · ko 군대 (military forces) · bg множество (collection of people) · ru отря́д (detachment of soldiers or police) · id tentara (military forces) · hu egység (military forces) · grc ἴλη (small unit of cavalry) · de Trupp (collection of people) · sw vikosi (detachment of soldiers or police) · it truppa (collection of people) · sh тру̏па (military forces) · bg тълпа (collection of people) · fi joukot (military forces) · bg трупа (company of stageplayers) · az qoşun (military forces) · cs oddíl (unit of girl or boy scouts) · fi vartio (unit of girl or boy scouts) · hu banda (collection of people) · lv nodalījums (military forces) · bg войски (military forces) · is sveit (military forces) · ru отря́д (small unit of cavalry) · uk війська́ (military forces) · ca colla (collection of people) · ru войска́ (military forces) · mi turupa (small unit of cavalry) · ca tropa (collection of people) · fi joukko (collection of people) · grc ἴλη (detachment of soldiers or police) · pl oddział (military forces) · hu osztag (military forces) · ru гру́ппа (collection of people) · hy զորք (military forces) · mi turupa (detachment of soldiers or police) · su tangtara (military forces) · ca tropa (military forces) · nb tropp (unit of girl or boy scouts) · nl ploeg (military forces) · fi joukko (detachment of soldiers or police) · ca soldats (company of stageplayers) · tl sampanawan (military forces) · ru тру́ппа (collection of people) · fi ryhmä (company of stageplayers) · hi टुकड़ी (detachment of soldiers or police) · sw vikosi (particular roll of the drum) · de Truppen (military forces) · it truppa (military forces) · ja 軍隊 (military forces) · cs skupina (collection of people) · be во́йські (military forces) · sw kikosi (collection of people) · sv trupp (military forces) · fr troupes (military forces) · gl tropa (military forces) · tl sampanawan (collection of people) · de Truppe (collection of people) · bg ескадрон (small unit of cavalry) · cmn 軍隊 /军队 (military forces)