troop

n.

1. A group or company of people, animals, or things. See synonyms at band², flock¹.
2. 1. A group of soldiers.
   2. troops Military units; soldiers.
   3. A unit of cavalry, armored vehicles, or artillery in a European army, corresponding to a platoon in the U.S. Army.
3. A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader.
4. A great many; a lot.

intr.v., trooped, troop·ing, troops.

1. To move or go as a throng.
2. To assemble or move in crowds.
3. To consort; associate.

[French troupe, from Old French trope, probably from Vulgar Latin *troppu-.]

noun

1. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster. Informal get-together. See collect/distribute.
2. A group of people acting together in a shared activity: band², company, corps, party, troupe. See performing arts.

verb

1. To come or go in large numbers: flood, pour, swarm, throng. See big/small/amount, move/halt.
2. To be with as a companion: associate, consort, fraternize, hang around, hobnob, run (around). Slang hang out. Idioms: rub elbowsshoulders. See near/far/distance.

n. 1. (troops) soldiers or armed forces: U.N. peacekeeping troops | (troop) troop withdrawals.

2. a cavalry unit commanded by a captain.

3. a unit of artillery and armored formation.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: n. - A group of soldiers; A cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company; A unit of girl or boy scouts.

When I was a Boy Scout, we played a game when new Scouts joined the troop. — Pierce Vincent Eckhart

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skare, flok, trop
v. intr. - troppe op, samle i trop

idioms:

• troop carrier    mandskabsvogn, troppetransportmaskine

Nederlands (Dutch)
troep, peloton, groep, menigte, marcheren

Français (French)
n. - troupe, (Mil) troupes (npl)
v. intr. - s'assemblerentrer, partir, etc. en masse

idioms:

• troop carrier    transporteur de troupes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Truppe, Schwadron, Batterie, Schar
v. - strömen, sich scharen

idioms:

• troop carrier    Truppentransporter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ομάδα, όμιλος, μπουλούκι, τσούρμο, στράτευμα, (πληθ.) στρατεύματα, στρατιωτικές δυνάμεις, άνδρες
v. - συρρέω (κατά μάζες), πάω μπουλούκι

idioms:

• troop carrier    (στρατ.) θωρακισμένο όχημα μεταφοράς προσωπικού

Italiano (Italian)
truppa, branco, radunare

idioms:

• troop carrier    trasporto truppe

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tropa (f), multidão (f), manada (f), forças militares (f pl)
v. - formar, reunir-se, marchar, formar em esquadrões

idioms:

• troop carrier    avião de transporte de tropas (m)

Русский (Russian)
отряд, группа людей, войска, труппа, множество, толпиться, двигаться/ собираться толпой

idioms:

• troop carrier    транспортер для солдат

Español (Spanish)
n. - banda, grupo, escuadrón, tropa, bandada, manada
v. intr. - manada, desfilar

idioms:

• troop carrier    vehículo (avión, blindado, etc.) para el transporte de tropas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skara, skock, flock, mängd, trupp, avdelning
v. - gå (komma) i skaror (skockvis, flockvis), samlas, skockas, troppa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
群, 多数, 组, 群集, 成群而行, 结队

idioms:

• troop carrier    运兵舰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 群, 多數, 組
v. intr. - 群集, 成群而行, 結隊

idioms:

• troop carrier    運兵艦

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 무리, 군대, 운동원
v. intr. - 떼를 짓다, 패거리가 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 群れ, 隊, 多数, 軍隊, 騎兵中隊, 自分
v. - 集まる, 隊をなして歩く, 交際する, 中隊に編成する, 輸送する

idioms:

• troop carrier    軍隊輸送機

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فرقه كشافه, جماعه (فعل) يتجمهر, يحتشد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קבוצה, להקה, יחידה צבאית‬
v. intr. - ‮צעד בקבוצה, נהר (המון)‬

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