Masculine
Tross
- (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
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tʁɔs/
Etymology
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.
Tross
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