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单词 camarilla
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Definition of camarilla in English:

camarilla

noun ˌkaməˈrɪl(j)ə-ˈrēə
derogatory
  • A small group of people, especially a group of advisers to a ruler or politician, with a shared purpose.

    a military camarilla that has lost any sense of political reality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Was their eight-year struggle - which saw hundreds of lives lost and even more placed in peril - a justifiable good, or the wanton acts of a criminal camarilla?
    • The camarilla set out deliberately to disrupt these cadres, one by one, in one country after another.
    • The headstrong Queen Isabella and court camarilla were eager to revert to absolute government, impressed by the example set in France by Louis-Napoleon.
    • This latest scheme to concoct a pretext for war is a devastating self-exposure of the war camarilla.
    • They would never have confided such a mission to someone who spends his free time suing film stars and having himself idolised by a camarilla of cameramen.
    Synonyms
    coterie, circle, inner circle, crowd, in-crowd, set, group

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Spanish, diminutive of camara 'chamber'.

 
 

Definition of camarilla in US English:

camarilla

noun-ˈrēə
derogatory
  • A small group of people, especially a group of advisers to a ruler or politician, with a shared, typically nefarious, purpose.

    a military camarilla that has lost any sense of political reality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The headstrong Queen Isabella and court camarilla were eager to revert to absolute government, impressed by the example set in France by Louis-Napoleon.
    • Was their eight-year struggle - which saw hundreds of lives lost and even more placed in peril - a justifiable good, or the wanton acts of a criminal camarilla?
    • This latest scheme to concoct a pretext for war is a devastating self-exposure of the war camarilla.
    • The camarilla set out deliberately to disrupt these cadres, one by one, in one country after another.
    • They would never have confided such a mission to someone who spends his free time suing film stars and having himself idolised by a camarilla of cameramen.
    Synonyms
    coterie, circle, inner circle, crowd, in-crowd, set, group

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Spanish, diminutive of camara ‘chamber’.

 
 
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