troop
♦♦ troop /tr'uːp/ (troops trooping trooped)
1 [N-PLURAL]
Troops are soldiers, especially when they are in a large organized group doing a particular task.
The next phase of the operation will involve the deployment of more than 35,000 troops from a dozen countries...
2 [N-COUNT-COLL]
A troop is a group of soldiers within a cavalry or armoured regiment.
...a troop of enemy cavalry trotting towards the Dutch right flank.
3 [N-COUNT] N of n
A troop of people or animals is a group of them.
Amy was aware of the little troop of travellers watching the two of them...
4 [VERB] V adv/prep
If people troop somewhere, they walk there in a group, often in a sad or tired way. (INFORMAL)
They all trooped back to the house for a rest...
1 [N-PLURAL]
Troops are soldiers, especially when they are in a large organized group doing a particular task.
The next phase of the operation will involve the deployment of more than 35,000 troops from a dozen countries...
2 [N-COUNT-COLL]
A troop is a group of soldiers within a cavalry or armoured regiment.
...a troop of enemy cavalry trotting towards the Dutch right flank.
3 [N-COUNT] N of n
A troop of people or animals is a group of them.
Amy was aware of the little troop of travellers watching the two of them...
4 [VERB] V adv/prep
If people troop somewhere, they walk there in a group, often in a sad or tired way. (INFORMAL)
They all trooped back to the house for a rest...