Translation
troop, body of soldiers; troupe, company of performers
Word origin
From French troupe, a band or company of people. English borrowed the same French word twice and split the spellings, keeping troop for soldiers and troupe for performers; Esperanto kept one word for both.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- troupe
- English cognates
- troop, troupe
Examples
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The troop marched through the forest.
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The troupe of actors arrived in the town.
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Two troops defended the town.
A is a body of people who move and work as one unit. Soldiers are the commonest case, but the theatrical sense is fully alive: a company of actors touring together is a too, and Esperanto does not spell the two apart the way English does. For a loose collection of people with no shared task, use .
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