1
a
: a group of soldiers
b
: a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
c
2
: a collection of people or things : crew sense 2
3
: a flock of mammals or birds
4
: the basic organizational unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under an adult leader
trooped; trooping; troops
Examples of troop in a Sentence
Noun
Where is his troop heading?
a plan to withdraw troops
a troop of enthusiastic children
Verb
We all trooped back inside.
The kids trooped off to school.
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CBS News, 4 May 2025
An infantry battalion of Arkansas volunteers would be used to man forts in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and at Fort Smith, releasing the regular troops from those posts, and a second unit of Arkansans would serve as cavalry in Mexico.
—Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2025
At the Dior men’s wear show on Friday afternoon, models trooped down a celestial flight of stairs, trotted around the perimeter and then descended another flight of stairs, disappearing out of view.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Noun
So, can the U.S. and Ukraine make this deal work if Russian troops are still in the area where those mineral deposits largely are?
—CBS News, 4 May 2025
An infantry battalion of Arkansas volunteers would be used to man forts in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and at Fort Smith, releasing the regular troops from those posts, and a second unit of Arkansans would serve as cavalry in Mexico.
—Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
Verb
Celebrities and academics would troop down to Havana to sit at Castro’s feet, cooing over him.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2025
At the Dior men’s wear show on Friday afternoon, models trooped down a celestial flight of stairs, trotted around the perimeter and then descended another flight of stairs, disappearing out of view.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Troop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troop. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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troop
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a group of soldiers
b
plural
: armed forces, military
2
: a collection of people or things : company
3
: a flock of mammals or birds
4
: a unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under an adult leader
troop
2 of 2 verb
: to move or gather in crowds
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