troupe

USTROOP/tɹuːp/

Verbtroupes, trouping, trouped

Often confused with troop

3 meanings of troupe

1
nouncountable
A group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together, often traveling from place to place.
Our town's theater troupe puts on a play every spring.
The singing troupe traveled from town to town by bus.
Similarcompany, ensemble, group
Note
2
nouncountable
Any group of people who do something together.
A troupe of parents helped clean up the playground on Saturday.
A little troupe of kids went from door to door selling cookies for their club.
Similarteam, band, group, crew
3
verbintransitive
To travel from place to place with a group of performers, putting on shows.
He wants to troupe with a dance company after he finishes school.
They trouped from town to town with their puppet show all summer.
Similartour

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Origin

Taken from the French word troupe in the 1800s. It has the same source as troop.