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- Dictionaryco·te·rie/ˈkōdərē/
noun
- 1. a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people: "a coterie of friends and advisers"
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The meaning of COTERIE is an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose. How to use coterie in a sentence. Did you know?
a small group of people with shared interests, often one that does not want other people to join them: coterie of a coterie of writers. I was never part of their cosy coterie. Synonym. clique disapproving. Compare. inner circle. Fewer examples. He brought in a coterie of advisers that he tends to hide behind.
Definitions of coterie. noun. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. synonyms: camp, clique, ingroup, inner circle, pack. see more. an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles.
COTERIE meaning: 1. a small group of people with shared interests, often one that does not want other people to join…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a group of people who associate closely. 2. an exclusive group; clique. 3. a group of prairie dogs occupying a communal burrow.
noun. /ˈkəʊtəri/ [countable + singular or plural verb] (formal, often disapproving) a small group of people who have the same interests and do things together but do not like to include others. his little coterie of friends and advisers. a literary coterie. He surrounded himself with an elite coterie of political advisors.
a circle of persons associated together and separated from outsiders; an association for political or social purposes; a number of people meeting familiarly, usually for social or literary reasons, 1738. See also clique, company, set. Examples: coterie of orchids, 1849; of revolutionaries, 1764. Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms.
COTERIE meaning: a small group of people who are interested in the same thing and who usually do not allow other people to join the group.
/ˈkəʊtəri/ KOH-tuh-ree. See pronunciation. Where does the noun coterie come from? Earliest known use. mid 1700s. coterie is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French coterie. See etymology. Nearby entries. cote, v.¹ 1555–. cote, v.² 1630–. coteau, n. 1839–.
Coterie definition: a group of people who associate closely.. See examples of COTERIE used in a sentence.
