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a group too disorganized to be an army but too matching to be a crowd.
means a collection of soldiers, scouts, monkeys, or dancers moving or organized as one unit.
from from french troupe, from latin troppus meaning flock, likely borrowed from germanic roots for herd or group.
military useone soldier is never a troop, always plural
animal groupsbaboons and kangaroos officially travel in troops
troupe cousinactors kept the french spelling, soldiers did not