1. Groupe.
2. Armée. Faire défiler la troupe.
3. Compagnie. Une troupe de théâtre.
4. Bande. Une troupe de scouts.
ETYM French troupe, Old Fren. trope, trupe, Late Lat. troppus; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. thorp a hamlet, village, German dorf a village, dial. German dorf a meeting. Norw. torp a little farm, a crowd, Eng. thorp. Related to Troupe.
1. A cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company.
2. A group of soldiers.
3. A unit of girl or boy scouts; SYN. scout troop, scout group.
4. An orderly crowd; SYN. flock.
ETYM French, troop. Related to Troop.
A company or troop, especially the company of performers in a play or an opera.