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When did the word "troop" start to mean only ONE soldier?

Asked by Mr_M (7621points) February 3rd, 2009

When I was a Boy Scout, “troop” meant the entire group of scouts. Now, when they refer to “2000 troops”, they mean “2000 soldiers”. When did this happen??

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