[truːp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- soldiers or armed forces
(e.g: UN peacekeeping troops)

- a cavalry unit commanded by a captain

- a group of people or animals of a particular kind
(e.g: a troop of musicians)


Phrases:
- troop the colour

Origin:
mid 16th century: from French troupe, back-formation from troupeau, diminutive of medieval Latin troppus ‘flock’, probably of Germanic origin

[truːp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a group of people) come or go together or in large numbers
(e.g: the girls trooped in for dinner)


Phrases:
- troop the colour

Origin:
mid 16th century: from French troupe, back-formation from troupeau, diminutive of medieval Latin troppus ‘flock’, probably of Germanic origin