troupe
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //tɹuːp//
A company of, often touring, acrobats, actors, singers or dancers.
noun
- 1
A company of, often touring, acrobats, actors, singers or dancers.
Meanwhile, the bills on the main stages skewed towards mainstream pop, with mixed results. Lorde’s Friday evening Other stage appearance was one of the weekend’s highlights. The staging and choreography were fantastic – a giant glass tank on a hydraulic platform, in and around which a troupe of dancers acted out the highs and lows of a teenage party
Army choirs and troupes perform at some of North Korea's biggest state events.
- 2
Any group of people working together on a shared activity.
Etymology
Attested 1825; Unadapted borrowing from French troupe, which see for more. Doublet of troop, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.
verb
- 1
To tour with a troupe.
Forms
- plural
- troupes
- past tense
- trouped
- past participle
- trouped
- present participle
- trouping
- third person singular
- troupes
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