noun.
A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
noun.
Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.
noun.
Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.
noun.
A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
noun.
A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
noun.
See Boy scout, above.
transitive verb.
in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied 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.
transitive verb.
in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied 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.
transitive verb.
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intransitive verb.
To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
intransitive verb.
To march on; to go forward in haste.