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troop the color

troop the color is the alternative form of troop the colour.

Meaning of troop the colour

Verb

troop the colour (third-person singular simple present troops the colour, present participle trooping the colour, simple past and past participle trooped the colour)

  1. (Commonwealth) To perform the traditional military ceremony of having ensigns slowly march with their colours (flags) between the ranks, to enable soldiers to recognise their regiments' colours.

Forms of troop the color

third-person singular presenttroops the color
present participletrooping the color
past participletrooped the color
pasttrooped the color

Questions about troop the color

What is troop the color the alternative form of?
Troop the color is the alternative form of troop the colour.

Words near troop the color in the dictionary

  1. troop carrier
  2. troop carriers
  3. troop horse
  4. troop horses
  5. troop ship
  6. troop the color
  7. troop the colour
  8. troop the colours
  9. troope
  10. trooped
  11. trooped the color

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Adapted from Wiktionary: troop the color (page history and authors); troop the colour (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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