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troop
English
Etymology
Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe (back-formation of troupeau, diminutive of Medieval Latin troppus "flock") and Middle French trouppe (from Old French trope (“band, company, troop”)), both of Germanic origin from Frankish *thorp (“assembly, gathering”), from Proto-Germanic *þurp? (“village, land, estate”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, settlement”). Doublet of troupe, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?u?p/
- (US) IPA(key): /t?up/
- Rhymes: -u?p
- Homophone: troupe
Noun
troop (plural troops)
- (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- (military) 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.
- (chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.
- (nonstandard) A company of actors; a troupe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of W. Coxe to this entry?)
- (Scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
- Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1920) Aids To Scoutmastership?[1], page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.”
- (collective) A group of baboons.
- A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
- (mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
Derived terms
- troop carrier
- trooper
- troop horse
- troopship
- troop train
Translations
Verb
troop (third-person singular simple present troops, present participle trooping, simple past and past participle trooped)
- To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
- To march on; to go forward in haste.
- To move or march as if in a crowd.
Derived terms
- troop the colour (British, military)
Translations
See also
- Appendix:English collective nouns
References
- “troop” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “troop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Porto, Proto, porto, porto-, proot, proto, proto-, tropo, tropo-
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
troop f (plural tropen, diminutive troopje n)
- (music, literature, linguistics) trope
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legion
English
Etymology
Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legi?, legionem, from leg? (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture.
Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to (inaccurate) translations of allusive phrase in Mark 5:9.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?d??n/
- Rhymes: -i?d??n
Adjective
legion (not comparable)
- Numerous; vast; very great in number
- Synonyms: multitudinous, numerous
Translations
Noun
legion (plural legions)
- (military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
- Meronyms: cohort, maniple, century
- (military, obsolete) A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery.
- Coordinate terms: combat team, regimental combat team, brigade combat team
- (military) A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
- (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
- A large number of people; a multitude.
- Synonyms: host, mass, multitude, sea, throng
- (often plural) A great number.
- (dated, taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
Coordinate terms
- (military unit): fireteam, section, troop, squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment, brigade, division, corps, wing, army, army group
Related terms
- legionary
- legionnaire
Derived terms
- superlegion
- sublegion
- infralegion
Translations
Verb
legion (third-person singular simple present legions, present participle legioning, simple past and past participle legioned)
- (transitive) To form into legions.
Quotations
Further reading
- Roman legion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion (taxonomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion (demons) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion in popular culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- eloign, longie, ogle-in
Danish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion c (singular definite legionen, plural indefinite legioner)
- legion
Declension
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le??ion/
- Hyphenation: le?gi?on
- Rhymes: -ion
Noun
legion
- accusative singular of legio
Middle French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le??jõ?/
Noun
legion f (plural legions)
- (military) legion
Descendants
- French: légion
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legioner, definite plural legionene)
- legion
Further reading
- “legion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legionar, definite plural legionane)
- legion
Further reading
- “legion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l???.j?n/
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
legion m inan
- legion
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion c
- legion
Declension
Anagrams
- logien
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