troupe
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4.4
- noun
- /truːp/
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compañía
- Can a traveling troupe of actors and musicians carry the future of mankind?
- a dance troupe
- a theater troupe
- a troupe of actors
There was a theatre troupe that played Our Town and then there was this.
- There was a theatre troupe that played Our Town and then there was this.
- Roman Baca is a Marine veteran, and he directs that troupe.
- And then if we still don't agree with the students, then we can send in the college improv troupe.
- He came across several carts whose teams of horses had been killed, leaving the actresses of the Field Theatre troupe stuck on the battlefield.
- I would also like to welcome our Italic undergraduate students who have done some work with our dance troupe, so welcome to them as well.
- They might be, you know, a dance troupe that meets at your local Community Center that people really value or a Recreation Center.
- It's sort of a greedy troupe of manipulative flying monkeys at that point.
Examples
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And he acted in the plays staged by the Modern Theater troupe, which dominated the theater scene.
Academic text (1997) -
In 1968, Endo organized his own amateur theatrical troupe, which he named Kiza.
Fiction book (1996) -
There was a theatre troupe that played Our Town and then there was this.
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Perhaps you would like to join me and the troupe later this evening, at the hotel?
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I can't believe the troupe is breaking up.
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Several members of the American dance troupe returned precipitously to the United States.
Fiction book (1996) -
The audience gathered in a large circle around the masking troupe, leaving plenty of room for the performance.
Academic text (2003) -
Americans will look at the actor-dancers of the Pina Bausch troupe and ask why they don't dance.
Academic text (1991) -
" Harkon Lukas has brought with him from Skald a talented troupe of bards, acrobats, and actors.
Fiction book (1992) -
The talented troupe performed a breathtaking interpretation of Romeo and Juliet last night.
Synonyms
286
2.9
A group of actors who perform in a play or film
168
3.5
A group of actors, dancers, or other performers who work together
69
2.6
A group of people who sing together in a play or concert
57
5.3
A group of musicians, singers, dancers, or actors who perform together, often supporting the main performers
9
2.7
A group of people who put on plays for an audience
A group of musicians who travel to perform songs and stories
A local group of people who rehearse and perform plays
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Troupe comes from an old French word like troop, meaning 'a group moving together'. So a troupe is a group of performers who often travel and work together.