troop

1. (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).Examples: "That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have."collective

2. (military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.

3. (chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.Examples: "Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?"; "Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars."; "His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines."in-plural

4. (nonstandard) An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper.Examples: "One American M48 was slightly grazed and one American troop lightly wounded."; "Although the mission failed, at least 5 ISIL militants were killed, however 1 American troop was wounded. According to the reports, Jordan had a role in the operation and that one Jordanian soldier had been wounded as well."; "2022, CNN, First Russian troop to speak out publicly against Putin’s war. Hear what he has to say (archived)"nonstandard

5. (nonstandard) A company of actors; a troupe.Examples: "In order to form the new troop to a greater degree of perfection, the four principal actors were placed in the seminary of the cadets"nonstandard

6. (scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.Examples: "Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1920), Aids To Scoutmastership, page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.”"