troop

IPA: trˈup

(collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
(military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
(chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.
(nonstandard) An individual soldier or member of a military force.
(nonstandard) A company of actors; a troupe.
(scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
(collective) A group of baboons.
A group of meerkat families living together.
A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
(mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
A surname.

Examples of "troop" in Sentences

The commander demobilized the troops.
The troops commandeered the people in town.
I stood up to pop what we call a troop strap (ph).
The troops commandeered livestock and hay for the army.
The commander then can supervise the movements of the troops.
A group of apes may be referred to as a troop or a shrewdness.
It could be formed by immobile troops and troops on the march.
The train was instructed to divert by a group of disloyal troops.
A subaltern takes temporary command of proceedings during Trooping the Colour.
In desperation the group broke out of the prison and fled away from the troops.
Cast members on Savages liken him to a commanding officer readying his troops for war.
Senate Republicans saying the troop surge, what they call the troop surge, is turning things around.
That sullen, good-for-nothing brute, Balmawhapple, was sent to escort you from Doune, with what he calls his troop of horse.
As you draw down through July, you then pause with that new force structure, you do what they call a troop-to-task analysis to see if you have enough troops or the right type against the right task to continue the mission.
In analyzing what we call troop to task, meaning what do you need to do and how many folks do you need to do it -- in analyzing that, General Casey and his Iraqi counterparts have determined that there are more forces needed, more Iraqi forces for sure.