coterie
Use Coterie in a sentence
tə noun
1.
a group of people who associate closely.
2.
an exclusive group; clique.
3.
a group of prairie dogs occupying a communal burrow.
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| —n | |
| a small exclusive group of friends or people with common interests; clique | |
| [C18: from French, from Old French: association of tenants, from cotier (unattested) cottager, from Medieval Latin cotārius | |
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Coterie
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
coterie
1738, from Fr., originally an organization of peasants holding land from a feudal lord, from cotier "tenant of a cote" (see cottage).
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Example sentences
The decision shocked a devoted coterie of investors who were convinced the remedy was a sure thing.
But some new urbanists and a small coterie of architects formed a budding movement to think smaller.
Speak to the significance of your ideas beyond your coterie.
She had a coterie of devoted friends who rivaled one another in looking after her.
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