Collective nouns of people

A faculty of academics

A troupe of acrobats

A cast/company of actors/players

A bench of aldermen

A conflagration of arsonists

A troupe of artistes

A team of athletes

B

A tabernacle of bakers

A babble of barbers

A promise of barmen

A thought of barons

A squad of beaters

A bevy/galaxy of beauties

A bench/psalter of bishops

A blush of boys

A troop of boy scouts

A feast of brewers

A pack of brownies

A shuffle of bureaucrats

A goring of butchers

A sneer of butlers

C

A slate of candidates

A chapter/dignity of canons

A company/syndicate of capitalists

A congregation of churchgoers

A school of clerks

A cutting/drunkship of cobblers

A hastiness of cooks

A shrivel of critics

A cowardice of curs

D

A troupe of dancers

A decanter/decorum of deans

A board of directors

An obstruction of dons

E

A staff of employees

A panel of experts

F

A stalk of foresters

G

A talent of gamblers

A company of girl guides

A galaxy of governesses

A conjunction of grammarians

H

A herd of harlots

A melody of harpists

An observance of hermits

A gang of hoodlums

A cavalcade of horsemen

A blast of hunters

J

A bench/sentence of judges

K

A banner/rout of knights

L

A bevy of ladies

An eloquence of lawyers

A colony of lepers

An audience of listeners

M

An illusion of magicians

A bench of magistrates

A riches of matrons

A morbidity of majors

A band of men

A faith of merchants

A diligence of messengers

A troupe of minstrels

A cortege of mourners

An orchestra of musicians

N

A tribe of natives

A superfluity of nuns

O

A crowd of onlookers

P

A curse/illusion/misbelieving of painters

A malapertness of pedlars/peddler

A crowd/audience/congregation/mob of people

A troupe/troup of performers

A skirl of pipers

A posse of police

A converting of preachers

A pity/gang of prisoners

R

A band of robbers

S

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

An army/brigade/company/division/muster/

platoon/troop of soldiers

A class of students

A simplicity of subalterns

T

A disguising of tailors

A glozing of taverners

A den/gang of thieves

A board of trustees

A flock of tourists

U

An unction of undertakers

V

A prudence of vicars

W

An ambush of widows

A coven of witches

A gaggle of women

A gang of workmen

A congregation of worshippers

A worship of writers

Y

A fellowship of yeomen

Also see: Collective names of animals