troop
/tɹup/ nom B2En français : troupes
- A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- 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.
- A group of soldiers; military forces.
- A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
- A group of primates (lemurs, monkeys and apes).
- A group of meerkat families living together.
- A group of mushrooms that are close but not close enough to be called a cluster.
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And charging along like troops in a battle,
“The widow will never come out again.” And the red ants that live between the grass stems heard him, and began to troop down one after another to see if he had spoken the truth.
On the stairs were a troop of little boys and girls, whose eagerness for their cousin’s appearance would not allow them to wait in the drawing-room, and whose shyness, as they had not seen her for a twelvemonth, prevented their coming lower.
They therefore chose as leaders Mice that were most renowned for their family descent, strength, and counsel, as well as those most noted for their courage in the fight, so that they might be better marshaled in battle array and formed into troops, regiments, and battalions.
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