troop

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A group or company of people, animals, or things. See Synonyms at band², flock¹.
2. n. A group of soldiers.
3. n. Military units; soldiers.
4. n. A unit of cavalry, armored vehicles, or artillery in a European army, corresponding to a platoon in the U.S. Army.
5. n. A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader.
6. n. A great many; a lot.
7. v. To move or go as a throng.
8. v. To assemble or move in crowds.
9. v. To consort; associate.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An assemblage of people; a multitude; a company; a band.
2. n. A body of soldiers: generally used in the plural, signifying soldiers in general, whether more or less numerous, and whether belonging to the infantry, cavalry, or artillery.
3. n. In cavalry, the unit of formation, consisting usually of sixty troopers, commanded by a captain, and corresponding to a company of infantry.
4. n. Hence The command by commission and rank of such a troop of horse.
5. n. A band or company of performers; a troupe.
6. n. A particular roll or call of the drum; a signal for marching.
7. n. Tony's beat of the troop was the signal for the soldiers to assemble.
8. n. A herd or flock of beasts or birds: as, a troop of antelopes or sparrows.
9. To assemble or gather in crowds; flock together.
10. To march; to march in or form part of a troop or company.
11. To march off in haste.
12. To associate or consort.
13. To associate as in a troop or company.
14. To form into troops, as a regiment.

Wiktionary

1. n. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
2. n. military A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
3. n. A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
4. n. Soldiers, military forces (usually "troops").
5. n. nonstandard A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
6. n. A particular roll of the drum
7. n. a unit of girl or boy scouts
8. n. an orderly crowd
9. n. mycology Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
10. v. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
11. v. To march on; to go forward in haste.
12. v. to move or march as if in a crowd; “The children trooped into the room”.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
2. n. Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.
3. n. (Mil.) 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. n. A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
5. n. (Mil.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
6. n. See Boy scout, above.
7. v. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
8. v. To march on; to go forward in haste.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. march in a procession
2. n. a group of soldiers
3. n. a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts
4. n. a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
5. v. move or march as if in a crowd
6. n. an orderly crowd