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How to pronounce coterie in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms camp, clique, ingroup, inner circle, pack
Type of band, circle, lot, set
Has types cabal, camarilla, rogue's gallery, faction, galere, hard core, junta, junto, kitchen cabinet, loop, sect, maffia, mafia, military junta, bloomsbury group, bohemia, brain trust

Examples of coterie

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Critics initially dismissed him as an apologist for the disgraced Nixon coterie.
From the timesunion.com
Does a coterie of swanky gourmet foods with a stellar locale whet your appetite?
From the edition.cnn.com
They had two adorable kids and a coterie of non-Washington, nonpolitical friends.
From the newsweek.com
Aziz was the only Christian among Saddam Hussein's mostly Sunni Muslim coterie.
From the usatoday.com
Part of the problem is presumably the coterie of advisers who surround Mr Gandhi.
From the economist.com
He had a coterie of former Rhodes scholars who would support him unconditionally.
From the theatlantic.com
In the coterie of pleasant people around Reagan, Deaver may be the most charming.
From the time.com
They are exploited by the coterie policy makers and political business groups.
From the economist.com
Outside the close-knit coterie of the Macedonian high command, he had his enemies.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Clique: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  • The Coterie comprised a fashionable and famous set of English aristocrats and intellectuals of the 1910s, widely quoted and profiled in magazines and newspapers of the period. It adopted the hostile description as a "corrupt coterie".
  • A small group of animals that are in frequent social contact.
  • A small group or "pack" of Kindred, united by the need for support and sometimes common interests.
  • A group of kindred who protect and support one another.
  • [n. KO-tuh-ree or ko-tuh-REE] An intimate group of people unified by a common interest or purpose is a coterie. Often, a coterie is an exclusive or select group that distinguishes itself from outsiders. Example: "Erin longed to be a member of her school's exclusive coterie. ...
  • An exclusive group of people sharing interests.
  • A close circle of friends who hold a common interest or background; clique