Männlich

Tross

(Englisch)

  1. (masculine, strong) baggage train (a unit’s supply vehicles and the troops resonsible for them)
  2. (figuratively, masculine, strong) group or column of people moving somewhere
  3. (especially, masculine, strong) entourage, escort, group of accompanying associates

Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dross

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/tʁɔs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German trosse (“baggage”), from Old French trosse, trousse (“package, bundle”). The semantic development from “baggage” to “those who move the baggage” occurred around 1500. Cognate with English truss, which see.

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