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Word entry · 5 letters

troop

Best crossword clue

"Group of soldiers"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /tɹuːp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ooprtStarts with TEnds with P1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. move or march as if in a crowd

Word origin

Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe, from Back-formation from troupeau, from Middle French trope, troupe, from Old French trope, trupe, of unknown origin. Compare Early Medieval Latin troppus.

Used in a sentence

  • That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have.
  • Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
  • Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars.

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