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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRO'CHEE, n. [L. trochoeus.] In verse, a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from Middle French trochée, from Latin trochaeus, from Greek trochaios, from trochaios running, from troch? run, course, from trechein to run; akin to Greek trochos wheel, Old Irish droch Date: 1589 a metrical foot consisting of one long syllable followed by one short syllable or of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable (as in apple)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Prosody a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable. Etymology: L trochaeus f. Gk trokhaios (pous) running (foot) f. trekho run

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trochee Tro"chee, n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. ? (sc.?), from ? running, from ? to run. Cf. Troche, Truck a wheel.] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Choree, foot of one long and one short syllable.

Moby Thesaurus

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