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单词 grouplet
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groupletn.

Brit. /ˈɡruːplᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɡruplət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: group n., -let suffix.
Etymology: < group n. + -let suffix.
A small group; esp. a social or political one. Cf. groupuscule n.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > group > small
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1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. ii. 174 Which organic groups [of people], again, hold smaller organic grouplets.
1888 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 21 July 1/2 (headline) Communication between grouplets—pocket bombs to prevent arrest.
1919 S. Gompers Labor & Common Welfare 18 This phrase passes current..in every camp and even in every grouplet of ‘intellectuals’.
1957 A. C. Baines Woodwind Instruments & their Hist. x. 246 Decorating the written part with scales and grouplets of fast notes.
2002 Times 13 Mar. (T2 section) 2/2 The grouplet with which I was affiliated was steadily working itself out of the Leninist tradition towards social democracy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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