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• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

TROOP (an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German conception of Latin turba, See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, See also:

• FLOCK

flock)  , a See also:

• COMPANY

company or assemblage of persons, the See also:

• TERM

term being usually applied in the plural to a See also:

• BODY

body of soldiers of varying strength and of different arms . Specifically, a `.` See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop " is one of the smaller See also:

• UNITS, DIMENSIONS OF
• UNITS, PHYSICAL

units into which a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-soldiers is divided, forming a subdivision of a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron . Roughly speaking, it consists of sixteen files, and does not exceed from 30 to 40 sabres; in some armies, however, a maximum limit of 6o sabres are found (see See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

CAVALRY) . For the military ceremony known as " trooping of the See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours," see COLOURS, MILITARY .