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# troop

«troop» in Mova's school dictionary: **Soldiers, especially a large group of them** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a troop, troops; troops — soldiers); verb (troop, troops, trooped, trooping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (troops) Soldiers, especially a large group of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#m1)

2) A group of soldiers, especially on horses or in tanks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#m2)

3) A group of people or animals, such as a troop of monkeys or a troop of scouts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#m3)

4) (verb) To walk together as a group, often in a line: «the children trooped into the hall». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history and news, troops are soldiers sent somewhere. In nature lessons, groups of monkeys and baboons are called troops. In everyday life a scout troop is a group of scouts. In stories, «trooping in» shows a group arriving together, often slowly or unwillingly. Phrases: «troops», «a troop of monkeys», «scout troop», «troop in», «troop out».

### examples

- The troops marched across the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#x1)
- A troop of monkeys swung through the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#x2)
- My brother is in the local scout troop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#x3)
- The children trooped into the hall for assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#x4)
- We trooped out to the bus after the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#x5)
- The government sent troops to help after the earthquake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#x6)
- The baboon troop was led by a big male. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#x7)
- “It is a lord with his troop.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/#x8)

### note

«Troops» (plural) usually means soldiers; «200 troops» = 200 soldiers. Homophone trap: «troop» (group) vs «troupe» (a group of actors, dancers or singers, as in a dance troupe). A «trooper» is a soldier or police officer (US: state trooper).

### In the corpora

- [In Japan a young female macaque began washing sandy sweet potatoes in water, and the habit spread through her troop by copying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory/13/)
- [Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1618/)
- [For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.689/)
- [And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.427/)
- [For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale a wall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.240/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «troop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.