Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A company or group of actors, dancers, or other performers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A troop; a company; particularly, a company of players, operatic performers, dancers, acrobats, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in a play or an opera.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
company of, oftentouring ,actors ,singers ordancers . - noun Any group of people
working together on ashared activity . - verb intransitive To
tour with a troupe.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When the professor hits Poland hoping to meet Col. “Concentration Camp” Erhardt (Charles Durning), he attempts to seduce Anna, but Andre has also returned to Poland to stop Siletski, and so the Bronski troupe is enlisted to fool the Nazis and keep the resistance a secret.
THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTION Blu-ray Review – Collider.com 2010
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Suddenly his troupe is not only siding with the fool to protect their meal ticket but seemingly pleased by Rylance's crowd-pleasing nonsense more than Pierce's plays, which apparently are sinking into High Art tiresomeness.
Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Lombardi" Scores A Field Goal; "La Bete" Better For Actors Michael Giltz 2010
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Moving on to deeper issues, am I really the only one who cares that an all-male theater troupe is doing a stage version of Fruits Basket?
Har 2009
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The world-renowned acrobatic troupe is elated to have his dream finally come to fruitation.
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Moving on to deeper issues, am I really the only one who cares that an all-male theater troupe is doing a stage version of Fruits Basket?
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Suddenly his troupe is not only siding with the fool to protect their meal ticket but seemingly pleased by Rylance's crowd-pleasing nonsense more than Pierce's plays, which apparently are sinking into High Art tiresomeness.
Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Lombardi" Scores A Field Goal; "La Bete" Better For Actors Michael Giltz 2010
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To get 2010 off to an epic start, the Los Angeles troupe is producing a Dr. Sketchy's Marathon that will run continuously for 26 hours beginning at 8: 00 PM on Saturday, January 2nd and ending at 10: 00 PM on Sunday, January 3rd.
Boing Boing 2009
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Suddenly his troupe is not only siding with the fool to protect their meal ticket but seemingly pleased by Rylance's crowd-pleasing nonsense more than Pierce's plays, which apparently are sinking into High Art tiresomeness.
Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: Lombardi Scores a Field Goal; La Bete Better for Actors Michael Giltz 2010
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Moving on to deeper issues, am I really the only one who cares that an all-male theater troupe is doing a stage version of Fruits Basket?
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His work at the Theater at Boston Court is always worthwhile and the set designs and guidance he gives the Noise Within troupe is remarkable.
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