troopn.
/truːp/, U.S. /trup/ 1. † e. A company of performers: = troupe n.
a. A body of soldiers.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun]
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1545 J. Dudley in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 829 Your enymyes..assemblyd more and more in gret troupes.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 42 Your Musketiers being deuided into sundrie troupes, of 30, 40 or 50 in a troupe.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 527 Amid the thickest troupes of his enemies in the battaile of Agin-court.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. ii. 29 The travellers frequently distinguished troops of soldiers moving at a distance.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila ii. ii. 73 In this troop..rode many of the best blood of Spain.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. vii. 179 Esmond perfectly well remembered seeing the old lady sitting up in the bed..that morning when the troop of guard came to fetch her.
b. A number of persons (or things) collected together; a party, company, band.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun]
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered
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1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft x. ix. 186 I maruell againe, that no bodie else heareth nor seeth this troope of minstrels.
1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. C4 The glooming morne..hath..forc'd the sacred troupes of sparkling starres Into their priuate Tents.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 42 Liuing in wandring troupes according to the Scythian Nomades.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶1 We saw at a little Distance..a Troop of Gypsies.
1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) i. 1 The children dispersed in troops.
c. Of animals: A herd, flock, swarm; esp. a group of apes or monkeys.
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the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun]
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey > group of
Bandar-log1885
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1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1596) 237 Fold for sheepe... Make your pennes..in some drie ground, and make also partitions thereinto to receiue small troups of forty or moe.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxxiii. 299 In Peru there is such store of pastures and feelings, as..every man feedes his troupes where he pleaseth.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 355 We perceiv'd 2 or 3 Troops of Wolves.
1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso xxxi. 6 A troop of bees.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 72 As flies A troop of snowy doves athwart the dusk.
1929 R. M. Yerkes & A. W. Yerkes Great Apes vii. 71/1 Some observers assert that troops [of gibbons]..will abandon a wounded comrade.
1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse v. 84 I blundered into the middle of a huge troop of baboons.
1965 Listener 10 June 863/1 Another of the characteristic features of the primates is the size of the group or ‘troop’ as it is called.
d. Used to indicate a great number; a ‘lot’; esp. in plural ‘flocks’, ‘swarms’.
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the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > a large number or multitude
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900 number1977
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1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 193 Our folkis, in hope to obteine the hous, in troupis rinis to, bot agane ar dung doune.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 27 That which should accompany Old-Age, As Honor, Loue, Obedience, Troopes of Friends. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 82 A huge infectious troope Of pale distemperatures, and foes to life. View more context for this quotation
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xvii. §18. 381 We find this sin of self-love set by the Apostle in the head of a whole troop of sins.
1794 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 198 Lady Auckland and the troop are all in perfect health.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. i. 2 There is no time, for a woman, like the time when she..is courted by a troop of lovers.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > company of performers
troop1781
troupe1825
1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic i. i Your first inquiry would be, whether they had brought a theatrical troop with them.
1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 1043 (note) This prize-feast is..a frequent source of encouragement to his orchestral troop.
2. plural.
a. Armed forces collectively. Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > [noun]
mainOE
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1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 136 Fraunce, and Flanders, too full of his pencionary troupes.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xix. 16 Our troope sets forth to morrow. View more context for this quotation
1671 Lady M. Bertie Let. in Hist. MSS Comm.: 12th Rep. App. Pt. V: MSS Duke of Rutland (1889) 22 in Parl. Papers (C. 5889–II) XLIV. 393 My brother Peregrine and all the troopes are to show in Hide Parke beefore the Prince of Orange.
1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 143 Certain sums of money to raise troops.
1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians Introd. p. xvii It was a war of native and self-paid troops against troops foreign and purchased.
1854 R. Cobden Speeches (1878) 319 The courage displayed by our troops.
b. The members of a mob or gang collectively. U.S. slang.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble > a rabble > member of > collectively
rabblea1516
troops1932
1932 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 7 Apr. 4/4 Troops, mob or gang.
1963 Listener 4 Apr. 585/2 On the trip back he was met by ‘the troops’. With quick dispatch they placed four bullets in the back of his head, disposed of the weapon in a nearby alley, and were gone.
3.
a. Military spec. A subdivision of a cavalry regiment commanded by a captain, corresponding to a company of foot and a battery of artillery.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > regiment > division of cavalry regiment
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gendarmerie1551
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cornet1583
troop1590
Light Dragoon1700
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1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons Ded. 5 b Souldiors..disordering themselues vpon euery light occasion both in battallion, squadron and troupe.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 58 Here were now 16 companies, and 9 tropes of Horse.
1703 Duke of Marlborough Lett. & Disp. (1845) I. 117 Lord Raby's regiment of dragoons..is of eight troops.
1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 45 Troop—The half of a Squadron. Troops are called Right and Left in each Squadron.
b. The command of a troop.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > position of
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1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XI. 187 Just at this moment there is a troop vacant for purchase in the regiment of Life Guards.
1842 W. M. Thackeray Fitz-Boodle Papers (1887) Pref. 14 His papa would have purchased him a troop—nay, a lieutenant-colonelcy—some day, but for his fatal excesses.
c. A company of Scouts comprising not less than three patrols of six Scouts each.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > divisions of scouts or guides
patrol1908
troop1908
company1909
six1916
pack1918
1908 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys 22 A troop consists of not less than three patrols... A patrol consists of six scouts.
1959 E. H. Clements High Tension x. 167 I ran a Scout Troop in that town and he was one of my troop.
1980 W. Maxwell So Long, see you Tomorrow iii. 28 Were we in the same Boy Scout troop?
4. Military. A signal on the drum for troops to assemble in readiness for marching; the assembly. (Cf. quot. 1667 at troop v. 1.)
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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > signal on drums
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 153/2 The drumer is to beat all maner of beats, as a Call, a Troope, a March, a Preparative.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The Troop, which is the second beat of the Drum,..for the Men to repair to their Colours.
1803 Instruct. Infantry (ed. 3) 13 The Music plays the Troop.
1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xiii. 91 Tony's beat of the troop was the signal for the soldiers to assemble.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. (In sense 2.)
troop-boat n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > ship transporting troops or stores
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lobster-smack1829
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troop-ship1861
troop-steamer1862
trooper1872
1816 in Cent. Mag. LIX. 623/1 He had taken ten gun~boats from the Neapolitans, and several troop-boats.
troop column n.
troop-ship n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > ship transporting troops or stores
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troop-boat1816
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trooper1872
1861 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip xvi, in Cornhill Mag. July 22 I certainly did suffer most cruelly on board that horrible troop-ship.
troop-steamer n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > ship transporting troops or stores
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troop-boat1816
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troop-steamer1862
trooper1872
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xii. §2704 Model of Government troop steamer for the Lower Indus.
troop-traffic n.
troop-train n.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > train carrying troops
troop-train1893
1893 E. Gosse Questions at Issue 270 The breaking-out of cholera in a troop-train.
troop-transport n.
b. (In sense 3.)
troop-gelding n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger
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charger1762
war-steed1776
troop-horse1859
1702 London Gaz. No. 3790/8 A bright-bay Troop-Gelding 15 hands and half high.
troop-leader n. (cf. leader n.1 6.)
ΚΠ
1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry ii. 29 The Troop Leaders are to be on the pivot flank.
troop-leading n.
troop-major n.
troop-orderly n.
ΚΠ
1896 Westm. Gaz. 10 Mar. 5/3 He was troop orderly that day.
troop sergeant n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > specific rank of cavalry officer
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Rittmaster1587
exempt1670
rough-rider1740
veld-cornet1802
Rittmeister1827
cavalry officer1838
troop sergeant1853
1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 249/2 A Troop Serjeant-major receives 3s. [per day].
1890 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy & Other Tales 108 He was now troop-sergeant, and one of the smartest men in the squadron.
troop-stable n.
ΚΠ
1855 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce xx Their task consisted of lounging about a troop-stable, attired in undress uniform, to watch the men cleaning and ‘doing up’ their respective horses.
c.
troop pistol n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > types of
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Wogdon1786
belt pistol1833
dueller1835
Colt1838
tickler1844
Derringer1853
cocking pistol1858
belt size1866
bulldozer1880
saloon pistol1899
Luger1904
Police Positive1905
Steyr1920
Saturday-night pistol1929
muff pistol1938
PPK1946
Makarov1958
Saturday-night special1959
puffer1963
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 134/1 The Troup, or Holster pistall, this is longer then the fore said [girdle pistol] by as much againe.
troop-sand n.
ΚΠ
1838 J. Grant Sketches London 92 The Troopers..being allowed..to call for as much tobacco, technically termed ‘Troop-sand’, as they could consume at the sitting.
d.
troop-lined adj.
ΚΠ
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 4/3 The procession followed the troop-lined route.
troop-thronged adj.
C2.
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troop-bird n. U.S. a troopial (Worcester 1860, citing Gray).
troop-boot n. U.S. a cavalry boot.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > for specific purpose > for riding > types of
whole-chase boot1656
jemmy1753
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troop-boot1885
1885 E. Custer Boots & Saddles x. 107 The general..wore troop-boots reaching to his knees.
troop-carrier n. a large aircraft or armoured vehicle for transporting troops.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > transporting troops or military supplies
troop-carrier1923
transport plane1945
paratrooper1946
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > armed or armoured > armoured personnel carrier
personnel car1914
troop-carrier1923
personnel carrier1937
pig1964
1923 Daily Mail 23 June 5 Among landplanes there are huge new troop-carriers capable of carrying 25 fully equipped soldiers.
1928 Observer 17 June 19/5 A twenty-one seater troop-carrier plane.
1958 Daily Mail 18 July 1/1 Israel's permission to ferry troop-carriers through her air-space was not..fully cleared.
1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin vi. 38 A Volkspolizei troop carrier was parked at the roadside.
1976 A. White Long Silence ix. 84 We could hear..the engines of motor-cycles, lorries and troop-carriers.
troop-carrying adj.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [adjective] > used to transport troops
troop-carrying1937
1937 B. H. L. Hart Europe in Arms iii. 32 A force of 1200 men together with 150 machine-guns and 18 light field-guns was carried 100 miles in troop-carrying aircraft.
1977 M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill IV. Compan. i. 654 The first use of troop-carrying aeroplanes during a military campaign took place on 21 February 1923.
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troop-fowl n. U.S. regional a scaup-duck.
troop-horse n. (a) a cavalry horse; †(b) collectively horsemen for a troop.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger
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destrierc1300
high horsec1380
courierc1400
light horse?1473
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charger1762
war-steed1776
troop-horse1859
1640 Bk. War Comm. Covenanters 1 The Committie ordaines, that, the troupe horss to be leviat furth of the Stewartrie for the service of the publict.
1859 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin (new ed.) II. xxxvi. 363 The sound of troop-horses passaging to and fro..now interrupted the colloquy.
troop-plane n. a military aeroplane for transporting troops.
ΚΠ
1923 Daily Mail 30 June 7 Our..troop-'planes..will transport as many as 25 fully-equipped soldiers.
troop-siding n. a railway siding for the detrainment of troops.
ΚΠ
1911 Chambers's Jrnl. 47/2 The Blackshires leapt out of their trucks almost before the train had stopped at the troop-siding.
Draft additions 1993
Chiefly in singular. [Irregularly < the collective plural: in some cases perhaps abbreviation of trooper n.] A member of a troop of soldiers (or other servicemen); a soldier, a trooper. colloquial (chiefly Military).
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun]
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man1690
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mucko1917
squaddie1933
craftsman1942
peon1957
grunt1969
troopie1972
1832 B. Hall Fragm. Voy. & Trav. 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) II. iv. 124 The monkey stowed himself away..till the same marine passed.., and laid hold of him by the calf of the leg... As the wounded ‘troop’ was not much hurt, a sort of truce was proclaimed.
1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 193 Can you spare a bite for a front-line troop?
1973 T. O'Brien If I die in Combat Zone xxii. 189 ‘You don't smoke dope, do you, troop?’ ‘No, no sir!’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
troopv.
/truːp/, U.S. /trup/ 1. intransitive. To gather in a company; to come together; to flock, assemble.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals
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drawc1300
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herd1393
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routa1400
sanka1400
trume?a1400
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convene1429
resemblea1450
to draw together1455
forgather1513
accompany1534
troop1565
congregate1570
to get together1575
parliament?1589
accoil1590
join1706
to roll up1817
congressa1850
to round up1879
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Agglomero,..to prease or gather thicke to gether, as souldiours doe: to trowpe.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. i. 114 There will the louelie Romane Ladies troope . View more context for this quotation
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxxiii. 300 These wilde kine have so multiplied..that they troupe together in the fields and woods by thousands.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 297 As Armies at the call Of Trumpet..Troop to thir Standard. View more context for this quotation
1795 E. Burke Let. to W. Elliot in Wks. (1842) II. 244 Multitudes, hardly thought to be in existence, would appear, and troop about him.
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) v. 150 She left us destitute, and as we might Trooping together.
a. transitive. To gather or assemble (individuals) into a troop or company. Also reflexive. To associate or consort with a number of others, to go in company. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (reflexive)]
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adjoin1533
to put together1556
piece1579
sort1579
mixture1582
troopa1592
consort1597
identify1718
associate1881
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > assemble (people or animals)
gathera975
samOE
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ensemblea1300
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minga1400
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rustle1883
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. D3 [The king] troopt with all the westerne kings That lie alongst the Dansick seas by east.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. G3v I come not troopt with all this warlike traine.
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Biii I vow..To troop my selfe with such a crew of men, As [etc.].
1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 410 Amongst some of them hee should troope himselfe.
b. intransitive. To associate with.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)]
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company1387
joinc1390
meddlec1390
herd?a1400
fellowshipc1430
enfellowship1470
to step in1474
accompany?1490
yoke?a1513
to keep with ——c1515
conjoin1532
wag1550
frequent1577
encroach1579
consort1588
sort1595
commerce1596
troop1597
converse1598
to keep (also enter, come into, etc.) commons1598
to enter common1604
atone1611
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
minglea1616
consociate1638
associate1644
corrive1647
co-unite1650
walk1650
cohere1651
engage1657
mix1667
accustom1670
to make one1711
coalite1735
commerciate1740
to have nothing to say to (also with)1780
gang?1791
companion1792
mess1795
matea1832
comrade1865
to go around1904
to throw in with1906
to get down1975
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 47 So shines a snow-white Swan trouping with Crowes, As this faire Ladie ouer her fellowes showes. View more context for this quotation
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 124 All the large effects That troope with Maiestie. View more context for this quotation
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 195 The descendants of Sabine pigeons..trooping with noisy rooks and daws.
1880 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 4) VI. ix. 299 He would troop with the accusing throng.
3. intransitive. To walk, go, pass; colloquial (with off, away, etc.) to go away, ‘be off’, ‘pack’. Cf. march v.2 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
atwendOE
awayOE
to wend awayOE
awendOE
gangOE
rimeOE
flitc1175
to fare forthc1200
depart?c1225
part?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
biwitec1300
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to draw awayc1330
passc1330
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
voidc1374
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
waive1390
to pass out ofa1398
avoida1400
to pass awaya1400
to turn awaya1400
slakec1400
wagc1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
muck1429
packc1450
recede1450
roomc1450
to show (a person) the feetc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
devoidc1485
rebatea1500
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
to go one's ways1530
retire?1543
avaunt1549
to make out1558
trudge1562
vade?1570
fly1581
leave1593
wag1594
to get off1595
to go off1600
to put off1600
shog1600
troop1600
to forsake patch1602
exit1607
hence1614
to give offa1616
to take off1657
to move off1692
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
sheera1704
to go about one's business1749
mizzle1772
to move out1792
transit1797–1803
stump it1803
to run away1809
quit1811
to clear off1816
to clear out1816
nash1819
fuff1822
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
mosey1829
slope1830
to tail out1830
to walk one's chalks1835
to take away1838
shove1844
trot1847
fade1848
evacuate1849
shag1851
to get up and get1854
to pull out1855
to cut (the) cable(s)1859
to light out1859
to pick up1872
to sling one's Daniel or hook1873
to sling (also take) one's hook1874
smoke1893
screw1896
shoot1897
voetsak1897
to tootle off1902
to ship out1908
to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909
to push off1918
to bugger off1922
biff1923
to fuck off1929
to hit, split or take the breeze1931
to jack off1931
to piss offa1935
to do a mick1937
to take a walk1937
to head off1941
to take a hike1944
moulder1945
to chuff off1947
to get lost1947
to shoot through1947
skidoo1949
to sod off1950
peel1951
bug1952
split1954
poop1961
mugger1962
frig1965
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)]
to come awayeOE
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
awayOE
dealc1000
goOE
awendOE
rimeOE
to go one's wayOE
flitc1175
depart?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
to turn awaya1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
recede1450
roomc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
avaunt1549
trudge1562
vade?1570
discoast1571
leave1593
wag1594
to go off1600
troop1600
hence1614
to set on one's foota1616
to pull up one's stumps1647
quit1811
to clear out1816
slope1830
to walk one's chalks1835
shove1844
to roll out1850
to pull out1855
to light out1859
to take a run-out powder1909
to push off (also along)1923
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 383 And yonder shines Auroras harbinger: At whose approach, Ghosts, wandring here and there, Troope home to Churchyards. View more context for this quotation
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 32 I thought 'twas time to troop off to an Eating-House.
1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iv. ii. 49 Get out of my House, go, troop.
1782 E. Blower George Bateman I. 147 Pack up your cloaths, Miss Pert, for..you shall troop from hence to-morrow.
1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington III. xvi. 254 The place is ours till we troop.
4.
a. intransitive. To march in rank; to walk or pass in order. Also figurative. Now somewhat colloquial.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > in order
troop1592
file1616
crocodile1889
1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 148 Now close to troupe, then goodly to deraine.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 70 Sundry small troupes, trouping round about the battell.
1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline lxxi. 187 Those files which formerly faced, in the meane time trooping backe.
1685 H. Aldrich in J. Hilton Catch that catch Can (new ed.) sig. B1 The Virger troops before the Dean.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 130 My Indians..trouped by three or four wretched Towns.
1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 64 He was generally seen trooping like a colt, at his mother's heels.
1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 40 The days..trooped forward as peacefully as..the soft white clouds.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 22 June 453/2 As the spring months troop by, they bring a succession of fruits.
b. transitive. To cause to march in a troop.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > cause to walk or conduct on a walk > in specific manner
parade1765
promenade1795
troop1872
1872 T. Cooper Life 238 At six we were trooped off.
5. intransitive. To come or go in great numbers; to pass in flocks or troops; to flock (in, out, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > move back and forth or come and go > in great numbers
swarmc1386
flocka1400
pour1574
troop1610
1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories 51 The rest of proofes which troup-vp close to their quarter,..who can but embrace?
1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxvi, in Poems 12 The flocking shadows pale, Troop to th' infernall jail.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 61 Now from the roost..Come trooping at the house-wife's well-known call The feather'd tribes domestic.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles I. xiv. 163 All the children trooped in at once.
1910 A. M. Fairbairn Stud. Relig. & Theol. II. viii. iii. 519 The address delivered, the Jews trooped out of the synagogue.
6. transitive (Military). to troop the colour (or colours): to perform that portion of the ceremonial known as Mounting of the Guard in which the colour is received. Also absol.The first Standing Order on the subject (but not containing the word) is dated May 1755; but the appellation may date back to Marlborough's time, as it is known that there were Campaign orders on the subject of Mounting of the Guard which do not appear to have been preserved. See ‘General Regulations, Orders, and Warrants, 1717–1766’, MS. in the Ministry of Defence Library, in which the ceremonial is fully described.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (intransitive)] > troop the colours
to troop the colour (or colours)1803
1803 Instruct. Infantry (ed. 3) 11 To Troop or send for the Colours.
1816 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 8/1 After the trooping of the colours had taken place the detachment..received the Eagles.
1861 G. F. Berkeley Eng. Sportsman xiv. 233 In mounting guard they ‘troop’ as much as we do.
1893 Times 5 June 6/1 The ceremony called trooping the colour which dates back to the times of Marlborough.
1894 Times 1 June 10/1 First the colour was trooped, and then followed a march past in column.
7. To transport (troops).
ΚΠ
1882 [implied in: Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 8/1 The preparation of the Serapis and Crocodile for the Indian trooping season can be suspended if found necessary, and they can be employed as supplementary transports. (at trooping n. b)].
1894 [implied in: Sc. Leader 17 May 5 The Admiralty has chartered two P. & O. steamers..to begin the trooping service in September. (at trooping n. b)].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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