NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Collective nouns for people

SUBJECT	COLLECTIVE TERM
academics	A faculty of academics
actors	A cast of actors
actors	A company of actors
beauties	A bevy of beauties
employees	A staff of employees
experts	A panel of experts
mourners	A cortege of mourners
hoodlums	A gang of hoodlums
horsemen	A cavalcade of horsemen
knights	A banner of knights
knights	A rout of knights
men	A band of men
natives	A tribe of natives
performers	A troupe of performers
players	A team of players
sailors	A crew of sailors
soldiers	A brigade of soldiers
soldiers	A company of soldiers
soldiers	A division of soldiers
soldiers	A platoon of soldiers
soldiers	A squad of soldiers
students	A class of students
thieves	A den of thieves
witches	A coven of witches
worshipers	A congregation of worshipers

Notes

The phrase "An abomination of monks" is frequently cited as a legitimate collective noun for monks. It is actually a misinterpretation of the title of a protestant treatise written by Jan Hus around 1400.

Collective noun - Wikipedia (760 words)
	A collective noun is a word used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects or concepts.
	The all-time champion collective noun is "set", for it can legitimately be used as a collective noun for a vast number of concepts (a set of ideals, plans, ambitions, principles, objectives, etc) or inanimate (typically manufactured) objects (knives, spoons, keys, dinnerware, manuals, etc).
	Several of the collective nouns presented are specifically regional (it is unlikely that a "disworship of Scots" was used in Scotland with any frequency).

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