A few days ago my friends were playing around with collective names for animals . . . you know, “a parliament of owls”, “a charm of hummingbirds”, and the like. This got me going on collective nouns of professionals. Here is my list (with help from Pam and Mike). Enjoy!
A tower of academics.
A stage of actors.
A scaffold of architects.
A stratum of archaeologists.
An oven of bakers.
A shaker of bartenders.
An account of bookkeepers.
A cleaver of butchers.
A hammer of carpenters.
A pan of chefs.
A cuff of cops.
A cache of cashiers.
A drill of dentists.
A truck of drivers
A dose of doctors.
A cord of electricians
A buttress of engineers.
A field of farmers.
A bouquet of florists.
A shear of gardeners
A spray of hairdressers.
A claim of insurers.
A mop of janitors.
A page of journalists
A jury of judges.
A lair of lawyers.
A shelf of librarians.
A whistle of lifeguards.
A wrench of mechanics.
A runway of models.
A bed of nurses.
A can of painters.
A focus of photographers.
A flight of pilots.
A plunger of plumbers.
A bag of postmen.
A lobby of receptionists.
An experiment of scientists.
A pad of secretaries.
A saucer of servers.
A trench of soldiers.
A spool of tailors.
A blackboard of teachers.
A dictionary of translators.
A casket of undertakers.
A den of veterinarians.
A tray of waiters.
A chapter of writers.
Murray C McClellan 
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing. Collective names are sometimes called terms of venery. Here’s a few that you inspired me to set down.
A carnage of houseguests
A dune of worms
A die-hard of Immortals
A fubar of Republican congressmen
A cacciatore of Spaghetti Westerns
A gaggle of fellatrixes
A google of conspiracies
A hemorrhage of blood donors
A break dance of hemorrhoids
A dodder of octogenarians
Happy Thanksgiving, Murray. I wonder if you can find a turkey in your part of the world.
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Dear Ernie
Thanks so much for your kind words and that wonderful list! (If terms of venery are collective nouns for animals, coming from the Latin “venus” via Medieval French hunting terms, then our lists of group names for different types of people might be called “terms of vitary”, from “curriculum vitae”.)
Thanksgiving, of course, is not a thing here in Spain, although we will celebrate with some of our US ex-pat friends. Turkey breast are available in supermarkets here, but one has to order a whole bird from a butcher several weeks in advance.
Hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving,
Warmly,
Murray
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