troops
n.
soldiers, armed forces
troop
n.
group; pack; unit of soldiers or policemen; military unit of armored cavalry or cavalry having a headquarters group and at least two platoons; soldier
v.
gather in a group; move in a group; march or walk in order; parade the flag before military troops (for ceremonial purposes); form into a troop or troops (Archaic)
Troops
A
troop is a military unit. Troops can also refer to:-An army force without considering component units.An army cavalry unit of a cavalry regiment, equivalent to a company of an infantry regiment.
Troops, the name of an independent film, a spoof of
COPS and
Star Wars.Occasionally, as in the book
Captains Courageous, "members of a family whose
surname is "Troop"".
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troops
Noun
1. soldiers collectively
(synonym) military personnel, soldiery
(hypernym) force, personnel
(hyponym) cavalry, horse cavalry, horse
(member-holonym) army unit
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
troop
Noun
1. a group of soldiers
(hypernym) army unit
(hyponym) shock troops
2. a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
(hypernym) army unit
(member-holonym) cavalry
3. a unit of girl or boy scouts
(synonym) scout troop, scout group
(hypernym) unit, social unit
4. an orderly crowd; "a troop of children"
(synonym) flock
(hypernym) crowd
Verb
1. march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street"
(synonym) parade, promenade
(hypernym) march, process
2. move or march as if in a crowd; "They children trooped into the room"
(hypernym) march
(derivation) flock
troops
Synonyms and related words:
armed force, armed service, army, array, career soldiers, fighting force, fighting machine, firepower, forces, ground forces, ground troops, hands, host, legions, men, military establishment, occupation force, paratroops, personnel, rank and file, ranks, regular army, regulars, ski troops, soldiery, standing army, storm troops, the big battalions, the line, the military, units, work force
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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