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TROUPE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)

Example:

the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel

Synonyms:

company; troupe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("troupe" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Meronyms (members of "troupe"):

cast; cast of characters; dramatis personae (the actors in a play)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "troupe"):

opera company (a company that produces operas)

theater company (a company that produces plays)

ballet company (a company that produces ballets)

chorus; Greek chorus (a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play)

circus (a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals)

minstrel show (a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes)

minstrelsy (a troupe of minstrels)

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