Tross

Meaning

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

Concepts

baggage

Tross

Synonyms

Horde

Bande

Rotte

Gefolge

Begleitung

Eskorte

Höfling

Hofstaat

Kolonne

Leute

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Schlepptau

Werk

Zug

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Gefolgschaft

Schranze

Gefolgsleute

Entourage

Aggregat

Hofschranze

Anhang

Aufwand

Begleitperson

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

dross

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʁɔs/

Etymology

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.