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UK
/tɹˈuːpɐ/
]
NOUN
- a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working
- an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
How To Use trouper In A Sentence
- After the circus troupers leave, clown-mime Manuel stays on, moving into a nearby shack, befriending Willem and teaching him magic and clown arts.
- Good old Edna - she's a real trouper to do the washing-up without even being asked!
- But Rona the trouper quickly moved on, wheezing her way into the audience's affections.
- But one of Bobby's colleagues points out what a trouper he was.
- Well, she's a trouper through and through, that's for sure.
- ‘Well, your little one is a trouper,’ he offered.
- Like the old trouper he is, he timed his entry to perfection.
- Next came juvenile acts like the Gumm Sisters, whose youngest member later changed her name to Judy Garland, and the Nicholas Brothers, dancing troupers who subsequently became headliners.
- She was really being a trouper and trying to continue.
- The Thai performers are experienced troupers who know how to lip-sync to Chinese songs and they would go downstage to mingle with the audience, such as sitting down on the laps of the male audience members.