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TROOPED
Verb
trooped
simple past tense and past participle of troop
Anagrams
• optrode, pet door, toe drop, torpedo
Source: Wiktionary
TROOP
Troop, n. Etym: [F. troupe, OF. trope, trupe, LL. troppus; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. þorp a hamlet, village, G. dorf a village, dial. G. dorf a meeting. Norw. torp a little farm, a crowd, E. thorp. Cf. Troupe.]
1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. That which should accompany old age --As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends --I must not look to have. Shak.
2. Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural. Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars. Shak. His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines. Macaulay.
3. (Mil.)
Definition: Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.
4. A company of stageplayers; a troupe. W. Coxe.
5. (Mil.)
Definition: A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
Troop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Trooping.]
1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. "Armies . . . troop to their standard." Milton.
2. To march on; to go forward in haste. Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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