Coterie
['kəʊt(ə)rɪ] or ['kotəri]
Definition
(n.) A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique.
Editor: Nettie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Club, association, society, CLIQUE, brotherhood, circle, set (especially an exclusive one).
Edited by Joanne
Definition
n. a number of persons meeting familiarly for social literary or other purposes.
Typed by Jack
Examples
- Sir John Moray, as President, wrote to Monsieur de Monmort, around whom, after the death of Mersenne, the scientific coterie in Paris had gathered. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is not surprising that a coterie gathered about him at Paris. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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