‖ troupe
(truːp)
[F. (16th c.), = OF. trope (13th c.): see troop n.]
A company, band, troop; esp. a company of players, dancers, or the like.
| 1825 N.Y. Evening Post 6 Dec. 2 The whole troupe were equally excellent. 1847 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 32, I have attended the opera..the troupe [is] very fair. 1906 E. V. Lucas Listener's Lure (1910) 181 A troupe of jumping dogs. |