coterie
a group of people who associate closely.
an exclusive group; clique.
a group of prairie dogs occupying a communal burrow.
Origin of coterie
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How to use coterie in a sentence
Yet as Emily Bazelon revealed in Slate, a coterie of right-wing organizations has indeed lined up to oppose contraception itself.
Do Corporations Believe in God? The ‘Hobby Lobby’ Case Has the Answer | Jay Michaelson | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere has long been a small coterie clamoring to pray there.
Barbra Streisand and Denzel Washington, along with a coterie of A-listers, have sent their toddlers there.
Quick-witted, sharp-tongued, and flirtatious, Anne drew a coterie of men to her, and each would lose his head for her.
Only Hagel's supposed anti-Semitism is a slander pushed almost exclusively by a small coterie of neoconservatives.
At that time Baudelaire's work was only known to a distinguished literary coterie.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierNovall Junior and his coterie appear here as in their former presentation in II, ii.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip MassingerTo the end, the coterie would act according to the light of their own eyes.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThis abuse was attacked by an enterprising reformer, and of course defended by the coterie.
Decline of Science in England | Charles BabbageThey formed a coterie at Cambridge, and spent most of their holidays at Newstead.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa Guiccioli
British Dictionary definitions for coterie
/ (ˈkəʊtərɪ) /
a small exclusive group of friends or people with common interests; clique
Origin of coterie
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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