{"id":442,"date":"2010-07-01T13:07:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T13:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/?p=442"},"modified":"2010-07-01T13:07:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T13:07:50","slug":"collective-nouns-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/collective-nouns-of-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective nouns of people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A faculty of academics<br \/>\nA troupe of acrobats<br \/>\nA cast\/company of actors\/players<br \/>\nA bench of aldermen<br \/>\nA conflagration of arsonists<br \/>\nA troupe of artistes<br \/>\nA team of athletes<\/p>\n<p><strong>B<\/strong><br \/>\nA tabernacle of bakers<br \/>\nA babble of barbers<br \/>\nA promise of barmen<br \/>\nA thought of barons<br \/>\nA squad of beaters<br \/>\nA bevy\/galaxy of beauties<br \/>\nA bench\/psalter of bishops<br \/>\nA blush of boys<br \/>\nA troop of boy scouts<br \/>\nA feast of brewers<br \/>\nA pack of brownies<br \/>\nA shuffle of bureaucrats<br \/>\nA goring of butchers<br \/>\nA sneer of butlers<\/p>\n<p><strong>C<\/strong><br \/>\nA slate of candidates<br \/>\nA chapter\/dignity of canons<br \/>\nA company\/syndicate of capitalists<br \/>\nA congregation of churchgoers<br \/>\nA school of clerks<br \/>\nA cutting\/drunkship of cobblers<br \/>\nA hastiness of cooks<br \/>\nA shrivel of critics<br \/>\nA cowardice of curs<\/p>\n<p><strong>D<\/strong><br \/>\nA troupe of dancers<br \/>\nA decanter\/decorum of deans<br \/>\nA board of directors<br \/>\nAn obstruction of dons<\/p>\n<p><strong>E<\/strong><br \/>\nA staff of employees<br \/>\nA panel of experts<\/p>\n<p><strong>F<\/strong><br \/>\nA stalk of foresters<\/p>\n<p><strong>G<\/strong><br \/>\nA talent of gamblers<br \/>\nA company of girl guides<br \/>\nA galaxy of governesses<br \/>\nA conjunction of grammarians<\/p>\n<p><strong>H<\/strong><br \/>\nA herd of harlots<br \/>\nA melody of harpists<br \/>\nAn observance of hermits<br \/>\nA gang of hoodlums<br \/>\nA cavalcade of horsemen<br \/>\nA blast of hunters<\/p>\n<p><strong>J<\/strong><br \/>\nA bench\/sentence of judges<\/p>\n<p><strong>K<\/strong><br \/>\nA banner\/rout of knights<\/p>\n<p><strong>L<\/strong><br \/>\nA bevy of ladies<br \/>\nAn eloquence of lawyers<br \/>\nA colony of lepers<br \/>\nAn audience of listeners<\/p>\n<p><strong>M<\/strong><br \/>\nAn illusion of magicians<br \/>\nA bench of magistrates<br \/>\nA riches of matrons<br \/>\nA morbidity of majors<br \/>\nA band of men<br \/>\nA faith of merchants<br \/>\nA diligence of messengers<br \/>\nA troupe of minstrels<br \/>\nA cortege of mourners<br \/>\nAn orchestra of musicians<\/p>\n<p><strong>N<\/strong><br \/>\nA tribe of natives<br \/>\nA superfluity of nuns<\/p>\n<p><strong>O<\/strong><br \/>\nA crowd of onlookers<\/p>\n<p><strong>P<\/strong><br \/>\nA curse\/illusion\/misbelieving of painters<br \/>\nA malapertness of pedlars\/peddler<br \/>\nA crowd\/audience\/congregation\/mob of people<br \/>\nA troupe\/troup of performers<br \/>\nA skirl of pipers<br \/>\nA posse of police<br \/>\nA converting of preachers<br \/>\nA pity\/gang of prisoners<\/p>\n<p><strong>R<\/strong><br \/>\nA band of robbers<\/p>\n<p><strong>S<\/strong><br \/>\nA crew of sailors<br \/>\nA scolding of seamstresses<br \/>\nA house of senators<br \/>\nA subtlety of sergeants-at-law<br \/>\nAn obeisance of servants<br \/>\nA posse of sheriffs<br \/>\nA blackening of shoemakers<br \/>\nA choir of singers<br \/>\nAn army\/brigade\/company\/division\/muster\/<br \/>\nplatoon\/troop of soldiers<br \/>\nA class of students<br \/>\nA simplicity of subalterns<\/p>\n<p><strong>T<\/strong><br \/>\nA disguising of tailors<br \/>\nA glozing of taverners<br \/>\nA den\/gang of thieves<br \/>\nA board of trustees<br \/>\nA flock of tourists<\/p>\n<p><strong>U<\/strong><br \/>\nAn unction of undertakers<\/p>\n<p><strong>V<\/strong><br \/>\nA prudence of vicars<\/p>\n<p><strong>W<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ambush of widows<br \/>\nA coven of witches<br \/>\nA gaggle of women<br \/>\nA gang of workmen<br \/>\nA congregation of worshippers<br \/>\nA worship of writers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Y<\/strong><br \/>\nA fellowship of yeomen<\/p>\n<p>Also see: <a href=\"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/animals\/animalnames\/\">Collective names of animals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A faculty of academics A troupe of acrobats A cast\/company of actors\/players A bench of aldermen A conflagration of arsonists A troupe 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