troop horse (trophors)

A cavalry horse. How superlatively happy, however, must he have been in the po e ion of one of these wonderful horses!warranted chargers - troop - horses , every one! J. Ashton , Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, I. 11. troopial (trö'pi-al), n. [Also troupial ; troupiale , troupe , troop: see troop .] A book troopial name, originating with French naturalists, of those American blackbirds ( Icteridæ ) which go in flocks. They are mostly the marsh-blackbirds, of the subfamilies Agelæinæ and Quiscalinæ, as the cow troopial, red-winged blackbird and crow-blackbird or pur Common Troopial ( Icterus vulgar is). ple grackle. The term extends to the whole family, and thus includes the American orioles or hangnests, as the Baltimore and the orchard orioles. The bird here figured is one of the orioles; it is le troupiale of Bri on, the type species of his genus Icterus (see Icterus, 3), from which the family Icteridæ is named. The male is jet-black and rich-yellow in large ma ed areas, varied with white on the wings. This troopial is native of tropical America, and is often seen in cages. See also cuts under Agelæinæ, cow-bird, crow- blackbird, and rusty. troop-mealt (tröp'mēl), adv. [ and darts. Chapman , Iliad, xvii. 634. troop-ship (tröp's hip), n. A ship for the conveyance of troops; a transport. In that terrible storm off the Cape, in September, 1824, troop - ship . I certainly did suffer most cruelly on that horrible Thackeray , Philip, xvi.