troupe

[troop] noun, verb, trouped, troup·ing. Theater.
noun
1.
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
verb (used without object)
2.
to travel as a member of a theatrical company; barnstorm.

Origin:
1815–25, Americanism; < French: troop

troop, troupe (see synonym study at troop).


1. See troop.
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troupe (truːp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a company of actors or other performers, esp one that travels
 
vb
2.  (intr) (esp of actors) to move or travel in a group
 
[C19: from French; see troop]

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troupe
1825, "company, band," from Fr. troupe, from M.Fr. troupe "company" (see troop). Trouper is "actor or performer in a theatrical troupe;" transf. sense of "reliable, uncomplaining person" is attested from 1959 (but the first recorded reference describes the usage as "old-fashioned").
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Example sentences
Their living quarters is a trailer which holds the entire troupe of five.
The variation from monkey to monkey might benefit an entire monkey troupe.
The guests-all the males get turbans-fall in behind, borne along by the beat of
  a troupe of drummers.
Previous performances by this pickup troupe have been well worth seeing, if
  uneven.
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