[F. (16th c.), = OF. trope (13th c.): see TROOP sb.] 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.
