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Definition: To troop the colors
Troop
\Troop\, v. t.
To troop the colors or
To troop the colours (Mil.),
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]