/tɹuˈps/ - [trups] -
We found 4 definitions of troops from 3 different sources.
NounSingular: troop |
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troops - soldiers collectively | ||
military personnel, soldiery | ||
personnel, force physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" | ||
army unit a military unit that is part of an army | ||
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
friendly troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces; "friendlies came to their rescue" | ||
hostile troops belonging to the enemy's military forces; "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles" | ||
cavalry, horse cavalry, horse a highly mobile army unit |