Masculin

Tross

Signification

Concepts

(Anglais)

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

canton de Bâle-Campagne

dross

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tʁɔs/

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand

Appartenant à anglais

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.