troupe
Definitions of troupe
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an orderly crowd
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a unit that is part of some military servicesynonyms: unité militairetypes:commandementa military unit or region under the control of a single officerennemian opposing military forceunité militairea military unit that is part of an armydivision navalea military unit that is part of a navyescadrillea military unit that is part of the airforcequartier général(plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staffdivisionan army unit large enough to sustain combatcompagniesmall military unit; usually two or three platoonspelotona military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenantdétachementa small unit of troops of special compositiongarde du corpsa group of men who escort and protect some important personescouadea smallest army unitdivisiona group of ships of similar typedivisiona unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wingsescadronan air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a groupvolan air force unit smaller than a squadronartilleriean army unit that uses big gunsinfanteriean army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foottype of:unitéan organization regarded as part of a larger social group
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organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)synonyms: compagnietypes:compagnie d'opéraa company that produces operascirquea travelling company of entertainers; including trained animalstroupe de ménestrelsa troupe of minstrelstype of:
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