turm

Definition

A group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.

Etymology

From Middle English turmes pl, from Old French turme, from Latin turma (“troop, squadron, team”).

Example Sentences

• "Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / What conflux iſſuing forth, or entring in: / Pretors, Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir power; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and wings: […]"