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troop
adjective [before noun] /truːp/Definition
› for, relating to, or involving troops: Satellite photographs provide us with a lot of information about their troop movements.Parts of armies and groups of servicemen
(Definition of troop adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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