coterie
coterie
[ˈkəʊt(ə)ri]
(pl. -ies)
[ˈkəʊt(ə)ri]
(pl. -ies)
- a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people
（有共同兴趣爱好，尤指排外的）小团体；小圈子
a coterie of friends and advisers.
良师益友组成的小圈子。
- early 18th cent.: from French, earlier denoting an association of tenants, based on Middle Low German kote 'cote'
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