coterie

  • 21coterie — UK [ˈkəʊtərɪ] / US [ˈkoʊtərɪ] noun [countable] Word forms coterie : singular coterie plural coteries formal a small group of people who do things together …

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  • 22coterie — See clique. See clique, coterie …

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  • 23coterie — co·te·rie s.f.inv. ES fr. {{wmetafile0}} brigata, compagnia di amici; anche spreg., cricca, combriccola {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: av. 1767. ETIMO: fr. coterie propr. gruppo di persone che si sostengono mutualmente , der. dell ant. cotin capanna …

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  • 24coterie — [18] In Old French, coterie was a term for an association of peasant tenants under the feudal system. It was probably derived from an unrecorded *cote ‘hut’. This would have been borrowed from Middle Low German kote, a relative of English cote… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25coterie — noun a coterie of kindred spirits Syn: clique, set, circle, inner circle, crowd, in crowd, band, community, gang …

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  • 26coterie — [18] In Old French, coterie was a term for an association of peasant tenants under the feudal system. It was probably derived from an unrecorded *cote ‘hut’. This would have been borrowed from Middle Low German kote, a relative of English cote… …

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  • 27coterie — 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 …

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  • 28coterie — /koh teuh ree/, n. 1. a group of people who associate closely. 2. an exclusive group; clique. 3. a group of prairie dogs occupying a communal burrow. [1730 40; < F, MF: an association of tenant farmers < ML coter(ius) COTTER2 + ie Y3] Syn. 1. See …

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  • 29coterie — Synonyms and related words: 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,&#8230; …

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  • 30coteríe — s. f., art. cotería, g. d. art. coteríei; pl. coteríi, art. coteríile …

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