troop

Meaning

1. A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
2. A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
3. A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
4. A group of soldiers; military forces.
5. An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper.
6. A company of actors; a troupe.
7. A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
8. A group of monkeys.
9. A group of meerkat families living together.
10. A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
11. A group of mushrooms that are close but not close enough to be called a cluster.

group

scout troop

scout group

plenty of

brave person

Host

large number of

military force

armed forces

transport

military unit

cluster together

murmuration

military group

theater company

hirsel

cete

warband

gather in knots

a lot of

war-party

erst

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹuːp/

Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe (back-formation of troupeau, diminutive of Medieval Latin troppus "flock") and Middle French trouppe (from Old French trope (“band, company, troop”)), both of Germanic origin from Frankish *þorp (“assembly, gathering”), from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (“village, land, estate”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, settlement”). Doublet of troupe, and possibly also of thorp and dorp. Cognate with German Dorf (“village”).