troop
/tɹup/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
noun
A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
noun
A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
noun
A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
noun
A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
noun
A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
noun
An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper.
Example Sentences
- "That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have."
- "Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?"
- "Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars."
- "His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines."
- "In order to form the new troop to a greater degree of perfection, the four principal actors were placed in the seminary of the cadets"
- "Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1920), Aids To Scoutmastership, page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.”"
Etymology
Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe, from Back-formation from troupeau, from Middle French trope, troupe, from Old French trope, trupe, of unknown origin. Compare Early Medieval Latin troppus. Doublet of troupe, and possibly also of thorp, dorp, and trip. Cognate with German Dorf (“village”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹup/
- British English: /tɹuːp/