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Troop
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TROOP, n.
1. A collection of people a company a number a multitude. Genesis 49; 2 Samuel 23; Hosea 7
That which should accompany old age,
As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have.
2. A body of soldiers. But applied to infantry, it is now used in the plural, troops, and this word signifies soldiers in general, whether more or less numerous, including infantry, cavalry and artillery. We apply the word to a company, a regiment or an army. The captain ordered his troops to halt the colonel commanded his troops to wheel and take a position on the flank the general ordered his troops to attack the troops of France amounted to 400,000 men.
3. Troop, in the singular, a small body or company of cavalry, light horse or dragoons, commanded by a captain.
4. A company of stage-players.
TROOP, To collect in numbers.
Armies at the call of trumpet,
Troop to their standard.
1. To march in a body.
I do not, as an enemy to peace,
Troop in the throngs of military men.
2. To march in haste or in company.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Troop'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/t/troop.html.
Entry for 'Troop'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/t/troop.html.
