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coterie

Noun

IPA /ˈkəʊtəri/

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A small, exclusive group of people with shared interests.

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coterie/ˈkəʊtəri/

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A few writers meet in a private circle
Membership is restricted
They share the same literary interests

A coterie is a small, often exclusive group with shared interests.

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A coterie of friends seemed to control every decision at the club.
The novelist belonged to a coterie of writers who met each Friday.

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coterie — A small, exclusive group of people with shared interests.

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Borrowed from French coterie, which earlier referred to an association of tenants.

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A coterie of names the people forming the group.

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