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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COTERIE, n. A friendly party, or fashionable association.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, tenants, from Old French cotier cotter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English cot hut Date: 1738 an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an exclusive group of people sharing interests. 2 a select circle in society. Etymology: F, orig. = association of tenants, ult. f. MLG kote COTE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coterie Co`te*rie" (k?`te-r?"; 277), n. [F., prob. from OF. coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin. See 1st Cot.] A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. ``The queen of your coterie.'' --Thackeray.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(coteries) A coterie of a particular kind is a small group of people who are close friends or have a common interest, and who do not want other people to join them. (FORMAL) The songs he recorded were written by a small coterie of dedicated writers. = circle, set N-COUNT-COLL: usu with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Club, association, society, sodality, brotherhood, circle, set (especially an exclusive one).

Moby Thesaurus

age group, band, battalion, bevy, body, brigade, bunch, cabal, cadre, camarilla, cast, cell, charmed circle, circle, clan, clique, closed circle, cohort, company, complement, contingent, corps, covey, crew, crowd, detachment, detail, division, elite, elite group, faction, fleet, gang, group, grouping, groupment, in-group, ingroup, inner circle, junta, junto, mob, movement, out-group, outfit, pack, party, peer group, phalanx, platoon, posse, regiment, ring, salon, set, squad, stable, string, team, tribe, troop, troupe, we-group, wing