troop

1. (collective)A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).

2. A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).

   (collective)A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.

   отря́дotrjád

   a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company

3. (collective)A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.

   отря́дotrjád, отделе́ниеotdelénije

4. (collective, in the plural)A group of soldiers; military forces.

   Truppen

   войска́vojská

   війська́vijsʹká

   a group of soldiers

5. (collective, nonstandard)A company of actors; a troupe.

6. (collective)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, page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.”

   a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts

7. (broadly, nonstandard)An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper.

   2022, CNN, First Russian troop to speak out publicly against Putin’s war. Hear what he has to say (archived)

8. A group of animals.

   (collective)A group of primates (lemurs, monkeys and apes).

9. (collective)A group of meerkat families living together.

10. A group of mushrooms that are close but not close enough to be called a cluster.

11. A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.

1. Our troops engaged with the enemy.

   deUnsere Truppen griffen den Feind an.

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2. The troops had plenty of arms.

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3. He is commander of our troops.

   ruОн - командующий нашими войсками.

   deEr ist der Befehlshaber unserer Streitkräfte.

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4. I think we need more troops.

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5. Our troops are ready.

   ruНаши войска готовы.

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