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Definition of Troops

1. Noun. Soldiers collectively.

Definition of Troops

1. Noun. (plural of troop) ¹

2. Noun. military personnel in uniform ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of troop) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Troops

1. troop [v] - See also: troop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Troops

Literary usage of Troops

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It was agreed at this meeting that 60000 infantry and machine-gun troops, with certain auxiliary units to be brought over by British tonnage during April, ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"Windham had been directed by the com- mander-in-chief to place his troops within the entrenched position, and not to attack the enemy unless by so doing he ..."

3. Hand-book of International Law by Edwin Forbes Glenn (1895)
"Furnishing troops to a Belligerent under Treaty. 226. Loans to Belligerents—By a Neutral State. 227. By Neutral Individuals. 228. Sales of Munitions of War, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"RH Anderson's division of Hill's corps, following Field's division, formed on the same part of the line, one portion uniting with Field's troops in the ..."

5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"His expectations were disappointed by the treachery of the Armenian king, who permitted, and most probably directed, the desertion of his auxiliary troops ..."

6. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1862)
"While the one delayed to offer the assistance which the other disdained to solicit, the troops very frequently remained without orders or without supplies, ..."

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