coterie
Collocations
4ADJ.
executive, merry
VERB + COTERIE
knit
COTERIE + NOUN
powerbrokers
ADV.
tightly
Definitions
noun
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.
A communal burrow of prairie dogs.
The coterie was located in the middle of our wheat field.
The population of each coterie constantly changes over a period of a few months or years, by death, birth, and emigration. But the coterie boundary remains about the same, being learned by each prairie dog born into it.
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Idioms & Phrases
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3The new junior employee joined our merry after-hours coterie.
WiktionaryA tightly knit coterie of executive powerbrokers made all the real decisions in the company.
WiktionaryBaskets of game had reached her house, but not a single line, in his own hand, had met her eye. Better it should be so: Georgiana was not yet in a state to "lure the gentle tassel back," but no thanks
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