Definition of Troop

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Definition of Troop

Troop

See Boy scout, above.

A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.

Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.

Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.

A company of stageplayers; a troupe.

A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.

To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.

To march on; to go forward in haste.

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Troop Quotations

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.
Robert Baden-Powell

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!
William Pitt

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.
Howard Coble

My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the front, in order to be as near me as could be, but it developed later that no nurse was allowed to go farther than the large troop hospitals far in the rear of the actual operations.
Fritz Kreisler

As the Pentagon makes plans for the largest troop rotation since World War II, I will work with the Armed Services Committee to help make this proposal a reality.
Mike Rogers

Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority, not only in the Arab world but all over the world.
Robert Reich

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
Ted Stevens

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.
Abbe Pierre

My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop.
Peter Agre

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.
Bill Kristol

Troop Translations

troop in Dutch is horde, bende
troop in French is troupe
troop in German is Schar, Truppe, Trupp
troop in Hungarian is falka, sereg
troop in Italian is truppa
troop in Latin is caterva
troop in Portuguese is tropa
troop in Spanish is tropa
troop in Swedish is marschera, skara, trupp, manskap, tropp

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