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Definition of coterie in English: coterienounPlural coteries ˈkəʊt(ə)ri A small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people. a coterie of friends and advisers Example sentencesExamples - Each coterie defends a home territory of about one acre from surrounding coteries.
- We haven't yet reached the point where the coterie begins to jump ship, but they have enough to worry about already.
- These are questions that are no longer restricted to a small coterie of people who are ‘interested in politics’.
- The contestants primp and preen, surrounded by clucking coteries of friends and parents.
- Polo has long been a favourite among the royals and their coterie, but it is increasingly accessible to mere mortals, too.
- Nor was it particularly funny when he turned up for their first date accompanied by a coterie of managers, friends and hangers-on.
- The show depends on a coterie of regular guests.
- No doubt the winner will be most gratified and a coterie of industry insiders will take great interest in the results.
- Obviously, the difference was pocketed by the ruling coterie.
- The hermit's warning about marriage didn't seem to trouble him: he enjoyed a coterie of wives and survived unscathed.
- Once again they are superb at building a picture of the times, especially the foment of ideas and information that found fertile ground in the coteries and cliques of Restoration coffee-shop culture.
- Consequently there are situations where even legitimate facts are negated by the scientific coterie.
- As it is, he has virtually become a prisoner of the coterie around him!
- I put on an afternoon tea for my coterie of new international students, inviting former students to come along and share their wisdom.
- He has numerous houses in several countries and embraces a coterie of celebrity friends.
- This coterie, some ministers complain, has made an otherwise accessible chief minister elusive.
- They are trapped with the coteries of a dying movement.
- Dynasties cannot survive without coteries, and without a belief in their own right to rule.
- How, you wonder, could she have ended up surrounding herself with a coterie of astrologers, spiritualists and lifestyle consultants?
- A coterie of students stood close by the stairs to the beach, kicking sand at each other and taking turns leaping into the ocean.
Synonyms clique, set, circle, inner circle, crowd, in-crowd, gang, band, pack, crew, clan, club, fellowship, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, sect, camp, community, league, alliance, faction, cabal, junta, caucus, syndicate, nucleus, cell Australian/New Zealand push
Origin Early 18th century: from French, earlier denoting an association of tenants, based on Middle Low German kote 'cote'. Rhymes notary, protonotary, rotary, votary Definition of coterie in US English: coterienoun A small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people. a coterie of friends and advisers Example sentencesExamples - He has numerous houses in several countries and embraces a coterie of celebrity friends.
- The show depends on a coterie of regular guests.
- The hermit's warning about marriage didn't seem to trouble him: he enjoyed a coterie of wives and survived unscathed.
- The contestants primp and preen, surrounded by clucking coteries of friends and parents.
- How, you wonder, could she have ended up surrounding herself with a coterie of astrologers, spiritualists and lifestyle consultants?
- This coterie, some ministers complain, has made an otherwise accessible chief minister elusive.
- Nor was it particularly funny when he turned up for their first date accompanied by a coterie of managers, friends and hangers-on.
- These are questions that are no longer restricted to a small coterie of people who are ‘interested in politics’.
- Consequently there are situations where even legitimate facts are negated by the scientific coterie.
- Polo has long been a favourite among the royals and their coterie, but it is increasingly accessible to mere mortals, too.
- As it is, he has virtually become a prisoner of the coterie around him!
- We haven't yet reached the point where the coterie begins to jump ship, but they have enough to worry about already.
- Each coterie defends a home territory of about one acre from surrounding coteries.
- A coterie of students stood close by the stairs to the beach, kicking sand at each other and taking turns leaping into the ocean.
- They are trapped with the coteries of a dying movement.
- Dynasties cannot survive without coteries, and without a belief in their own right to rule.
- I put on an afternoon tea for my coterie of new international students, inviting former students to come along and share their wisdom.
- No doubt the winner will be most gratified and a coterie of industry insiders will take great interest in the results.
- Obviously, the difference was pocketed by the ruling coterie.
- Once again they are superb at building a picture of the times, especially the foment of ideas and information that found fertile ground in the coteries and cliques of Restoration coffee-shop culture.
Synonyms clique, set, circle, inner circle, crowd, in-crowd, gang, band, pack, crew, clan, club, fellowship, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, sect, camp, community, league, alliance, faction, cabal, junta, caucus, syndicate, nucleus, cell
Origin Early 18th century: from French, earlier denoting an association of tenants, based on Middle Low German kote ‘cote’. |