Etymology

troupe

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Today it means: A company of, often touring, acrobats, actors, singers or dancers. Full definition →

French troupe
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  1. French · borrowed fromtroupe
  2. English todaytroupe

Attested 1825; Unadapted borrowing from French troupe, which see for more. Doublet of troop, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.

Words from the same roots

Frenchtroupe all →

trooptrooper

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