CunningLinguist
a collection of collective nouns.
A faculty of academics
A troupe of acrobats
A cast of actors/players (company, cry)
A conflagration of arsonists
A troupe of artistes
A team of athletes
A tabernacle of bakers
A babble of barbers
A promise of barmen
A thought of barons
A bevy of beauties
A bench of bishops (psalter)
A blush of boys
A feast of brewers
A shuffle of bureaucrats
A goring of butchers
A sneer of butlers
A slate of candidates
A chapter of canons (dignity)
A congregation of churchgoers
A school of clerks
A cutting of cobblers (drunkship)
A hastiness of cooks
A cowardice of curs
A troupe of dancers
A decanter of deans (decorum)
An obstruction of dons
A board of directors
A staff of employees
A panel of experts
A stalk of foresters
A talent of gamblers
A galaxy of governesses
A conjunction of grammarians
A herd of harlots
A melody of harpists
An observance of hermits
A gang of hoodlums
A cavalcade of horsemen
A blast of hunters
A bench of judges (sentence)
A neverthriving of jugglers
A banner of knights (rout)
A bevy of ladies
An eloquence of lawyers
A colony of lepers
An audience of listeners
An illusion of magicians
A riches of matrons
A band of men
A faith of merchants
A diligence of messengers
A cortege of mourners
An orchestra of musicians
A tribe of natives
A superfluity of nuns
A crowd of onlookers
A curse of painters (illusion, misbelieving)
A malapertness of pedlars
A crowd of people
A troupe of performers (troup)
A skirl of pipers (poverty)
A converting of preachers
A pity of prisoners
A band of robbers
A crew of sailors
A scolding of seamstresses
A house of senators
A subtlety of sergeants at law
An obeisance of servants
A posse of sheriffs
A blackening of shoemakers
A choir of singers
A squad of soldiers (army, brigade, company, division, platoon, troop)
A class of students
A disguising of tailors
A glozing of taverners
A den of thieves
A flock of tourists
An unction of undertakers
A prudence of vicars
An ambush of widows
A coven of witches
A gaggle of women
A congregation of worshippers
A worship of writers
A fellowship of yeomen
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