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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trooper  \Troop"er\,  n. 
  A  soldier  in  a  body  of  cavalry;  a  cavalryman;  also  the  horse 
  of  a  cavalryman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trooper 
  n  1:  a  soldier  in  a  motorized  army  unit  [syn:  {cavalryman}] 
  2:  a  mounted  policeman 
  3:  a  state  police  officer  [syn:  {state  trooper}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Trooper,  PA  (CDP,  FIPS  77520) 
  Location:  40.14960  N,  75.39935  W 
  Population  (1990):  5137  (1777  housing  units) 
  Area:  6.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 




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