Meaning

2 senses
  1. A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.

    The new junior employee joined our merry after-hours coterie.

    A tightly knit coterie of executive powerbrokers made all the real decisions in the company.

    Zirkel

    кружо́кkružók, кругkrug

    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

  2. A communal burrow of prairie dogs.

    The coterie was located in the middle of our wheat field.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
circle of associates — see also clique:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
circle of associates — see also clique:

Origin

Borrowed from French coterie.

Borrowed from French coterie.

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Forms

plural: coteries
Singularcoterie
Pluralcoteries

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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