trouper

[troo-per]

noun

1. an actor, especially a member of a touring company.

2. a veteran actor.

3. trooper.

trouper

/ ˈtruːpə /

noun

1. a member of a troupe

2. an experienced or dependable worker or associate

Word History and Origins

Origin of trouper¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1885–90; troupe + -er ¹

Example Sentences

My mom was a trouper on long walks in the Boston and Rome airports and a four-hour food tour in Rome, but would never travel with me again if I tried that in multiple cities!

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A trouper’s trouper, Chenoweth has reunited with her “Wicked” compatriot Stephen Schwartz, who has written the score for “The Queen of Versailles.”

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“I don’t know of any other person of, you know, senior citizen age that would put up with this,” she added, calling her husband a “trouper.”

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Ever the trouper, she agreed to load up the car with me, my sister and a bunch of my sister’s teenage friends.

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Melissa Manchester, a game trouper, brings her flamboyant Bronx pedigree to the role of Mrs. Brice.

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