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Troop \Troop\, v. t.
To troop the colors or colours (Mil.), in the British
army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in
carrying the colors, accompained by the band and escort,
slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and
usually in a hollow square, as in London on the
sovereign's birthday. Trooper \Troop"er\, n.
A mounted policeman. [Australia]
Note: The black troopers of Queensland are a regiment of
aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild
aborigines who encroach on sheep runs.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Trooper \Troop"er\, n.
A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse
of a cavalryman.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
Garbupa.]
(Zo["o]l.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the
genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranid[ae], as the
red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), and the black
grouper, or warsaw (E. nigritus), both from Florida and
the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail (Lobotes). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the
rockfishes. [Written also groper, gruper, and
trooper.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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