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List of Collective Nouns: People

  1. academic open closeA person who teaches at a college or school of a university or other institute of higher education as a teacher or scholar.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. a faculty of academics
  2. accountant open closeA person who keeps and maintains the financial records of a business or person.last updated 22 Feb 2015
    1. a balance of accountants
  3. acrobat open closeA person who performs acts requiring skill, agility, and coordination, such as tumbling, swinging from a trapeze, or walking a tightrope to entertain an audience or people as a profession or an occupation.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a troupe of acrobats
  4. actor open closeA person who is a theatrical performer.last updated 22 Feb 2015
    1. a cast of actors
    2. a company of actors
    3. a cry of actors
  5. alcoholic open closeA person who has the habit of consuming excessive alcohol.last updated 18 Mar 2015
    1. a bevy of alcoholics
  6. alderman open closeA person who is a member or senior member of a city government or a town council.last updated 18 Mar 2015
    1. a bench of aldermen
  7. anatomist open closeA person who study the structure of the body and its parts as a profession.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a corps of anatomists
  8. arsonist open closeA person who commits the setting of fire to something illegally.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a conflagration of arsonists
  9. artiste open closeA person who entertains an audience or people by especially singing, dancing or acting as a profession or an occupaton.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a troupe of artistes
  10. athlete open closeA person who is good at, competent, skilled, proficient or trained in doing or using something for competing in sports, games or other forms of physical exercises involving physical skill, strength, speed, or endurance.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a team of athletes
  11. baker open closeA person who makes or sells bread, cakes, etc a profession, an occupation or a business.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a tabernacle of bakers
  12. barber open closeA person who cuts men's hair and shaves or trims beards as an occupation.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. a babble of barbers
  13. barman open closebarman" is somebody who is a male person that serves drinks behind the bar of a pub or hotel.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a promise of barmen
  14. baron open closeA person who is a member of the lowest rank in the highest social class.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a thought of barons
  15. beater open closeA person who is employed or paid by hunter to force, drive, raise or rouse wild game birds out of areas of cover from woodland, undergrowth, etc into a visible place for shooting by striking or swinging sticks or flags at the ground cover.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a squad of beaters
  16. beauty open closebeauty" is somebody who is a female person that is a girl or woman with a very attractive and well-formed physical quality.last updated 18 Mar 2015
    1. a bevy of beauties
    2. a galaxy of beauties
  17. bishop open closeA person who is a priest of high rank and is usually in charge of church matter in a specific geographical area.last updated 18 Mar 2015
    1. a bench of bishops
    2. a psalter of bishops
  18. bookkeeper open closeA person who keeps and maintains accurate records of spending and receiving transactions as an occupation.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. an audit of bookkeepers
  19. boy open closeboy" is someboy who is a male person that is young, a child, a youth or a young man.last updated 19 Mar 2015
    1. a blush of boys
    2. a rascal of boys
  20. boy scout open closeA person who is a member of a Scout organization for boys ages 11 to 17.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a troop of boy scouts
  21. breast open closebreast" is something which is an organ that is the two soft protruding organs on the upper front chest of a woman's body.last updated 20 Mar 2015
    1. a clutch of breasts
  22. brewer open closeA person who manufactures or makes beer.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. a feast of brewers
  23. brownie open closebrownie" is somebody which is a female person that is a member of the Brownie Guides, one of the junior branches for girls ages 7 through 10 in The Guide Associationlast updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a pack of Brownies
  24. bureaucrat
    1. a shuffle of bureaucrats
  25. butcher open closeA person who cuts and sells meat in a shop as a profession or an occupation.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a goring of butchers
  26. butler
    1. a sneer of butlers
  27. candidate
    1. a slate of candidates
  28. canon open closeA person who is a Christian priest with special duties in a cathedral.last updated 20 Mar 2015
    1. a chapter of canons
    2. a dignity of canons
  29. capitalist open closeA person who has a lot of money, property, etc, and owns capital to invest for making profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a company of capitalists
    2. a syndicate of capitalists
  30. car mechanic open closeA person who is a mechanic in making of automobile or repairing car as a profession or job.last updated 20 Mar 2015
    1. a clutch of car mechanics
  31. churchgoer open closeA person who goes to or attends church regularly.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a congregation of churchgoers
  32. clerk open closeA person who is a worker, especially in an office or bank employed to keep or keep track of records, files , accounts, documents and performe other general or routine administrative duties for a business or office.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a school of clerks
  33. cobbler open closeA person who makes or repairs shoes or footwear as a profession.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a cutting of cobblers
    2. a drunkship of cobblers
    3. a load of cobblers
  34. cook open closeA person who prepares and cooks food for eating as a profession or an occupation.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a hastiness of cooks
  35. cosmologist open closeA person who studies the origin, development and nature of the universe scienctifically as a profession or an occupation.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a galaxy of cosmologists
  36. council member open closeA person who is a member of a council, esp of a town or city; councillor.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. an intrigue of council members
  37. cricketer open closecricketer" is somebody who is a person that plays cricket.last updated 19 Mar 2015
    1. a box of cricketers
  38. critic open closeA person who expresses a reasoned or unfavourable opinion on any matter especially involving a judgment of its value, truth, righteousness, beauty, or techniquelast updated 27 Mar 2015
    1. a shrivel of critics
  39. cuckold open closecuckold" is somebody which is a male person that one's spouse has committed adultery or one's wife has a sexual relationship with someone else.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. an incredulity of cuckolds
  40. dancer open closeA person who uses dance to express ideas and stories.last updated 22 Feb 2015
    1. a troupe of dancers
  41. dean open closeA person who is in charge or chief adminstrative official of a university faculty, or a college or school of a university.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a decanter of deans
    2. a decorum of deans
  42. dentist open closeA person who has the qualification to treat diseases and conditions of teeth or gums of people as a profession or job.last updated 19 Mar 2015
    1. a brace of dentists
  43. desert traveler open close-last updated 19 Mar 2015
    1. a caravan of desert travelers
  44. director open closeA person who is a member of the governing board of a business.last updated 19 Mar 2015
    1. a board of directors
  45. DIYer open closeA person who does something in person by one without the relevant qualifications or experience.last updated 19 Mar 2015
    1. a bodge of DIYers
  46. don
    1. an obstruction of dons
  47. electrician open closeA person who installs, maintains and repairs electrical devices or systems.last updated 22 Feb 2015
    1. a grid of electricians
  48. employee open closeA person who is hired, paid or employed to work for someone else or for a business, firm, etc, in return for payment , wages or a salary especially at non-executive level.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a staff of employees
  49. expert open closeA person who has or show extensive, special or a high level of skill or knowledge in a particular field or area.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a panel of experts
  50. fisherman open closeA person who catches fish as a profession or for sport.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. an exaggeration of fishermen
  51. flasher open closeA person who exposes or shows one's sexual organs in public indecently.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a revelation of flashers
  52. forester open closeA person who is in charge of taking care of a forest, or skilled in forestry, planting, managing, or caring for trees and cutting down trees, etc. as a profession or an occupation.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a stalk of foresters
  53. gambler open closeA person who gambles or often bets money.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a talent of gamblers
  54. girl open closegirl" is somebody who is a female person that is a female child or young woman.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a giggle of girls
  55. girl guide open closegirl guide" is somebody who is a female person that is a member of a worldwide Guides organization for girls ages 7 through 18.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a company of girl guides
  56. governess open closegoverness" is somebody who is a female person that is a woman teacher employed and lived in a private household with a family to teach and train the children at home.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a galaxy of governesses
  57. grammarian open closeA person who studies and writes about grammar as a profession.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a conjunction of grammarians
  58. harlot open closeharlot" is somebody which is a female person that is a female prostitute or promiscuous woman.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a herd of harlots
  59. harpist open closeA person who is a musician playing a harp as a profession or an occupation.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. a melody of harpists
  60. heir open closeA person who has right legally to receive or succeed money, property or a title from another person.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. an expectation of heirs
  61. hermit open closeA person who lives in a simple way alone and apart from others or the rest of society or with a living in solitude as a religious discipline.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. an observance of hermits
  62. hoodlum open closeA person who engages in crime and violence as a member of a group of criminalslast updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a gang of hoodlums
  63. horseman open closeA person who rides or drives horse.last updated 20 Mar 2015
    1. a cavalcade of horsemen
  64. hunter open closeA person who hunts animals for food or for sport.last updated 18 Mar 2015
    1. a blast of hunters
  65. introvert open closeA person who is charaterized by a shy, quiet, reticent and unable to make friends easily character.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a diffidence of introverts
  66. journalist open closeA person who writes or prepares news, stories or articles for a newspaper or magazine or broadcasts on radio or television as a profession or an occupation.last updated 27 Mar 2015
    1. a scoop of journalists
  67. judge open closeA person who is in charge of a trial in a court of law and pronounce judgment, and makes decisions on legal matters.last updated 22 Feb 2015
    1. a bench of judges
    2. a sentence of judges
  68. juggler open closeA person who performs tricks or acts of magic or deftness or juggles objects to entertain an audience or people as a profession or an occupation.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a neverthriving of jugglers
  69. knight open closeknight" is somebody who is a male person that is a man given a rank of honour for one's special achievements.last updated 18 Mar 2015
    1. a banner of knights
    2. a rout of knights
  70. labourer open closeA person who does unskillful hard physical or manual works as an occupation.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a gang of labourers
  71. lady open closelady" is somebody who is a female person that is a woman being behaved in a polite way.last updated 18 Mar 2015
    1. a bevy of ladies
  72. lavatory open closelavatory" is something which is a construction that is a room with a sanitary installation for receiving and disposing of urine and faces, or a toilet.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a flush of lavatories
  73. lawyer open closeA person who gives advice, and guides or assists people in law related matters.last updated 23 Feb 2015
    1. an eloquence of lawyers
  74. leper open closeA person who has leprosy or is being ignored or despisedlast updated 20 Mar 2015
    1. a colony of lepers
  75. librarian open closeA person who works or helps people find information in a library.last updated 23 Feb 2015
    1. a stack of librarians
  76. linguist open closeA person who studies linguistics, or learns and speaks foreign languages.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. a babble of linguists
  77. listener open closeA person who listens someone's speaking.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. an audience of listeners
  78. magician open closeA person who practises magic or does tricks that seem to be impossible as a profession.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. an illusion of magicians
  79. magistrate open closeA person who acts as a judge in a law court for dealing with minor offences.last updated 18 Mar 2015
    1. a bench of magistrates
  80. major
    1. a morbidity of majors
  81. man
    1. a band of men
  82. mathematician open closeA person who studies or is an expert in mathematics.last updated 23 Feb 2015
    1. a number of mathematicians
  83. matron open closematron" is somebody who is a female person that is a woman in charge of the domestic or medical arrangements in an institution, such as a boarding school or other institution.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a riches of matrons
  84. mediator open closeA person who attempts to make two separate people or groups involved in a conflict or disagreement come to an agreement or a solution to the problem.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a compromise of mediators
  85. merchant open closeA person who buys and sells products, commodities or goods for profit.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. a faith of merchants
  86. messenger open closeA person who takes, carries or delivers a message or something from one person or group to another or others by going to somewhere.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. a diligence of messengers
  87. metallurgist open closeA person who studies or knows about the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. an amalgamation of metallurgists open closean amalgamation of metallurgists" is something which is a group of metallurgists that have a strong energy or enthusiasm of interest in the amalgamation of two or more metal together to form a new alloy.last updated 01 Mar 2015
  88. meteorologist open closeA person who study the earth's atmosphere and its phenomena, especially of weather-forming processes and weather forecasting scientifically or a weather forecaster as a profession or an occupation.last updated 27 Mar 2015
    1. a shower of meteorologists
  89. midwife open closeA person who is trained to assist women in giving birth or to care for women before, during and after childbirth, and is usually a woman.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. an expectation of midwives
  90. minstrel open closeA person who is a medieval wandering or travelling musician performing songs or reciting poetry with instrumental accompaniment as a profession.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a troupe of minstrels
  91. miser open closeA person who is hoards money, wealth or possessions, and hates to spend money and often lives miserably.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. a horde of misers
  92. morris dancer open closeA person who dances a morris dance of traditional English dancing with especially man, a special clothes decorated with little bellslast updated 27 Mar 2015
    1. a side of morris dancers
  93. mourner open closeA person who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a cortege of mourners
  94. musician open closeA person who plays, composes, sings, conducts, or performs music skillfully.last updated 23 Feb 2015
    1. an orchestra of musicians
  95. native open closeA person who is a member of an indigenous people of a country or area as opposed to a colonial settler and immigrant or naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a tribe of natives
  96. neighbour open closeA person who lives next or near to ones living area.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. an annoyance of neighbours open closean annoyance of neighbours" is something which is a group of neighbours that are of being annoyed.last updated 01 Mar 2015
  97. nun open closenun" is somebody which is a female person that is a member of a female religious community of women living typically under solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a superfluity of nuns
  98. oarsman open closeA person who rows a boat especially as a member of a racing team.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a row of oarsmen
  99. onlooker open closeA person who only watches or observes something, an activity, or event happening in a public place without taking part or being involved or participated.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a crowd of onlookers
  100. painter open closeA person who paints pictures as a profession or an occoupation.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a curse of painters
    2. a misbelieving of painters
    3. an illusion of painters
  101. pathologist open closeA person who studies the cause, origin, and nature of disease, and examines and finds out the cause of death for bodies.last updated 19 Mar 2015
    1. a body of pathologists
  102. patient open closeA person who is receiving or receives medical care or treatment or is cared for by a prarticular medical doctor, dentist or specialist.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a virtue of patients
  103. pedlar open closeA person who sells small goods or things in small amounts often by traveling to different places or going from place to place.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. a malapertness of pedlars
  104. performer open closeA person who entertains an audience or people by acting, singing, dancing or playing music as a profession or an occupaton.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a troup of performers
    2. a troupe of performers
  105. person open closeperson" is somebody which is a human being that is an individual man, woman, or child.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. a congregation of people
    2. a crowd of people
    3. a mob of people
    4. an audience of people
  106. philosopher open closeA person who studies or writes ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and meaning of life, etc. as a profession.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. a ponder of philosophers
  107. photographer open closeA person who takes photographs.last updated 23 Feb 2015
    1. a clique of photographers
  108. physicist open closeA person who studies physics or specializes in physics research.last updated 23 Feb 2015
    1. a nucleus of physicists
  109. piper open closeA person who plays a pipe or bagpipes.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a poverty of pipers
    2. a skirl of pipers
  110. player open closeA person who is a theatrical performer.last updated 20 Mar 2015
    1. a cast of players
    2. a company of players
    3. a cry of players
  111. plumber open closeA person who installs and repairs pipes, fittings, fixtures, sinks, baths, toiltets, and other apparatus etc, for water, drainage, and gas supplies as an occupation or profession.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a flush of plumbers
  112. police open closeA person who is a members of the official organization responsible for protecting people and property, preventing and detecting of crime and maintaining public order, and enforcing laws, investigatimg crimes, and making arrests.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a posse of police
  113. preacher open closeA person who makes a speech about religion in a church or other public place.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a converting of preachers
  114. prisoner open closeA person who is deprived of liberty or under involuntary restraint and kept in prison, confinement or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while awaiting trial, or for some other reason.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a gang of prisoners
    2. a pity of prisoners
  115. psychologist open closeA person who evaluates and studies the human mind, emotions and behavior.last updated 23 Feb 2015
    1. a complex of psychologists
  116. robber open closeA person who takes money or property from others or a place illegally.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. a band of robbers
  117. sailor open closeA person who is a working member of the crew of a ship.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a crew of sailors
  118. seamstress open closeseamstress" is somebody who is a female person that sews and makes clothes, curtains, etc, especially as a professional or an occupation.last updated 27 Mar 2015
    1. a scolding of seamstresses
  119. senator open closeA person who is a elected politician as a member of a senate or the Senate.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. a house of senators
  120. sergeant at law open closeA person who is a member of a former class of barristers of the highest rank.last updated 25 Mar 2015
    1. a subtlety of sergeants at law
  121. servant open closeA person who is employed or hird to work in someone's house especially doing or performing household or personal duties such as cleaning and cooking for someone else or as a personal attendant.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. an obeisance of servants
  122. sheriff open closeA person who is an official officer being in charge of performing the orders of the law courts and enforcing the law in a countylast updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a posse of sheriffs
  123. shoemaker open closeA person who makes or repairs shoes or footwear as a profession.last updated 18 Mar 2015
    1. a blackening of shoemakers
  124. singer open closeA person who is sings as a profession or an occupation.last updated 20 Mar 2015
    1. a choir of singers
  125. soldier open closeA person who is in the military and one serves or has served in an army.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. a brigade of soldiers
    2. a company of soldiers
    3. a division of soldiers
    4. a muster of soldiers
    5. a platoon of soldiers
    6. a squad of soldiers
    7. a troop of soldiers
    8. an army of soldiers
  126. stalker open closeA person who is illegally following and watching someone, especially a woman, over a period of time.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a following of stalkers
  127. stockbroker open closeA person who buys and sells securities, stocks and shares on a stock exchange for and on behalf of clients, customers and other people and is on a commission basis usually.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. a portfolio of stockbrokers
  128. striker open closeA person who is an employee or work on strike or someone involved in a strike.last updated 26 Mar 2015
    1. a picket of strikers
  129. strumpet open closestrumpet" is somebody who is a female person that is a female prostitute or a promiscuous woman.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. a fanfare of strumpets
  130. student open closeA person who is studying at a school, college, or university.last updated 20 Mar 2015
    1. a class of students
  131. subaltern open closeA person who is a commissioned officer lower thantthe rank of captain in an army.last updated 27 Mar 2015
    1. a simplicity of subalterns
  132. tailor open closeA person who is makes, alters and repairs clothes or outer garments as occupation.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. a disguising of tailors
  133. taverner open closeA person who keeps an inn, a public house serving alcoholic drinks, or a tavern.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a glozing of taverners
  134. thief open closeA person who steals the property of another.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a den of thieves
    2. a gang of thieves
  135. tourist open closeA person who travels or visits to a place for pleasure, interest, or sightseeing.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a flock of tourists
  136. trainspotter open closeA person who has a hobby of collecting train.last updated 17 Mar 2015
    1. an anorak of trainspotters
  137. trustee open closeA person who is a member of the legal entrusted group for holding or using another's benefit of property.last updated 19 Mar 2015
    1. a board of trustees
  138. undertaker open closeA person who prepares dead bodies for burial or cremation and arranges, organizes and manages funerals as a profession or an occupation.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a function of undertakers
  139. vicar
    1. a prudence of vicars
  140. webmaster open closeA person who is responsible for the creation, maintenance and administration of a particular website on the World Wide Web or internet as a profession or an occupation.last updated 24 Mar 2015
    1. a linkage of webmasters
  141. widow open closeA female person that one's husband has died and has not married again.last updated 21 Feb 2015
    1. an ambush of widows
  142. wife open closeA female person who is one's female partner in a marriage.last updated 20 Feb 2015
    1. an impatience of wives
  143. witch open closewitch" is someone who is a female person that is a woman believed to have magical powers for harming or helping other people.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a coven of witches
  144. woman open closewoman" is somebody who is a female person that is an adult female human being.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a gaggle of women
  145. workman open closeA person who does skillful physical or manual works or operates an industrial machine ly as an occupation.last updated 23 Mar 2015
    1. a gang of workmen
  146. worshipper open closeA person who goes to a religious ceremony to worship God.last updated 21 Mar 2015
    1. a congregation of worshippers
  147. writer open closeA person who writes somethings, books, articles, poems, stories, etc., to be publishedlast updated 24 Feb 2015
    1. a worship of writers
  148. yeoman open closeA person who holds and cultivates a small landed estate.last updated 22 Mar 2015
    1. a fellowship of yeomen
  149. youth open closeThe concept of an age span of a person that is the age span ranging from childhood to adulthood or the state of being young.last updated 27 Feb 2015
    1. an optimism of youths
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References

  1. Thomson A.J., Martinet A.V., 1961, A Practical English Grammar for Foreign Students
  2. Nesfield, J.C., 1898, Manual of English Grammar and Composition
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