# troupe

Pronunciation: US say "TROOP" /tɹuːp/; UK

## Noun

1. A company of actors, singers, or dancers, often one that tours.
   - Simple: A group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together, often traveling from place to place.
   - _She joined a traveling theater troupe straight out of college._
   - _Folk dance troupes from a dozen countries performed at the opening ceremony._
2. A group of people working together on a common activity.
   - Simple: Any group of people who do something together.
   - _A troupe of volunteers spent the weekend repainting the community center._
   - _The company flew in a troupe of engineers to get the stalled project back on schedule._

## Verb

3. To go on tour as a member of a company of performers.
   - Simple: To travel from place to place with a group of performers, putting on shows.
   - _She trouped with a repertory company for a decade before her first film role._
   - _Actors who troupe through small towns learn to perform on whatever stage they are given._

## Origin

Recorded from 1825, borrowed unchanged from French troupe. It is a doublet of troop, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.

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