[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

troop \troop\, n. f. troupe, of. trope, trupe, ll. troppus; of
   uncertain origin; cf. icel. thornorp a hamlet, village, g.
   dorf a village, dial. g. dorf a meeting. norw. torp a little
   farm, a crowd, e. thorp. cf. troupe.
   1. a collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
      1913 webster

            that which should accompany old age 
            as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends 
            i must not look to have.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in
      the plural.
      1913 webster

            farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars. --shak.
      1913 webster

            his troops moved to victory with the precision of
            machines.                             --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. mil. 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.
      1913 webster

   4. a company of stageplayers; a troupe. --w. coxe.
      1913 webster

   5. mil. a particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
      1913 webster

   6. see boy scout, above.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
troupe boy scout 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

troop \troop\, v. i. imp.  p. p. trooped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   trooping.
   1. to move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
      "armies . . . troop to their standard." --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to march on; to go forward in haste.
      1913 webster

            nor do i, as an enemy to peace,
            troop in the throngs of military men. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
trooped trooping 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

troop \troop\, v. t.

   to troop the colors or to troop the colours mil.,
   in the british army, to perform a ceremony consisting
   essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band
   and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single file
   and usually in a hollow square, as in london on the
   sovereign's birthday.
   webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
to troop the colors to troop the colours 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

troop
     n 1: a group of soldiers
     2: a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
     3: a unit of girl or boy scouts syn: scout troop, scout
        group
     4: an orderly crowd; "a troop of children" syn: flock
     v 1: march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the
          street" syn: parade, promenade
     2: move or march as if in a crowd; "they children trooped into
        the room"
see also:
scout troop scout group flock parade promenade 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

109 moby thesaurus words for "troop":
   kp, age group, ambulate, armed forces, army, army group,
   assemblage, assembly, band, battalion, battery, battle group, bevy,
   body, brigade, bunch, cabal, cadre, cast, clique, cohort,
   collection, colony, column, combat command, combat team, company,
   complement, contingent, corps, coterie, covey, crew, crowd,
   detachment, detail, division, drift, drive, drove, faction,
   field army, field train, file, fleet, flock, flying column,
   foot it, forces, gam, gang, garrison, gathering, group, grouping,
   groupment, herd, hoof, host, in-group, junta, kennel,
   kitchen police, legion, litter, maniple, military, mob, movement,
   multitude, organization, out-group, outfit, pace, pack, party,
   peer group, phalanx, platoon, pod, posse, pride, rank, regiment,
   salon, school, section, set, shoal, skulk, sloth, soldiers, squad,
   squadron, stable, step, string, tactical unit, task force, team,
   train, traipse, tread, tribe, trip, troopers, troupe, unit, wing

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