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[ koh-tuh-ree ] / ˈkoʊ tə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR coterie ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna group of people who associate closely. an exclusive group; clique. a group of prairie dogs occupying a communal burrow. Origin of coterieFirst recorded in 1730–40; from French, Middle French: “an association of tenant farmers,” from Medieval Latin coter(ius) cotter2 + -ie-y3 synonym study for coterie1. See circle. Words nearby coterieCôte-d'Or, cotehardie, cotemporary, cotenant, Cotentin, coterie, coterminous, Côtes-d'Armor, Côtes-du-Nord, Côte-St.-Luc, coth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for coterieYet 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|DAILY BEAST Barbra Streisand and Denzel Washington, along with a coterie of A-listers, have sent their toddlers there. Elite America’s Summer Preschool Madness|Eliza Shapiro|June 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Quick-witted, sharp-tongued, and flirtatious, Anne drew a coterie of men to her, and each would lose his head for her. Why Does Anne Boleyn Obsess Us?|Lauren Elkin|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST While Aspinall provided the wealthy clientele, the mobsters provided a coterie of highly skilled cardsharps. Lord Lucan’s Whereabouts: The Tabloid Rebirth of a Decades-Old Crime|William Coles|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And President Bashar al-Assad, no doubt, sees that his coterie of regional despots is thinning out. Can the Rebels Hang On?|Babak Dehghanpisheh|August 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST Shakespeare did not write for a coterie: yet he produced some works of considerable subtlety and profundity. Play-Making|William Archer But the king and his coterie were very angry, and assailed the duke in the most violent terms of condemnation. Louis Philippe|John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott Cicily, my dear, I think you are well rid of that coterie of cats. Making People Happy|Thompson Buchanan Make her, therefore, of your coterie, if she is with you while the piece is in your possession. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Fanny Burney Each had his coterie of friends and well wishers who had gathered to give him a rousing send off. Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer|J. W. Duffield
British Dictionary definitions for coterie
nouna small exclusive group of friends or people with common interests; clique Word Origin for coterieC18: from French, from Old French: association of tenants, from cotier (unattested) cottager, from Medieval Latin cotārius cotter ²; see cot ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to coteriecadre, circle |