Meaning

A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose..

Definitions by Sense

1. A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
2. A communal burrow of prairie dogs.

Example Sentences

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.

Baskets 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 to the chattering coterie whom she had courted for the sole purpose of rendering the marquis reassured on the subject of proper acquaintance.

The verses were copied out, handed about, sneered at, admired, passed from coterie to coterie.

The branch was worked by pull-and push ^([sic]) trains, drawn or propelled by one of a small coterie of the sprightly little Wolverhampton type of 0-4-2 side tanks.

In the case of a crack-smoking, prostitute-frequenting Mr. Sheen, many people in Hollywood say there is a long list of enablers: managers and agents and publicists; a coterie of assistants and party buddies; prostitutes, drug dealers and sex film stars; and the tabloid media, which have fed on Mr. Sheen’s antics for years.

So the thought of closing the Academy is not based in malice; the action might prove enlightening and refreshing. The old club coterie has very little excuse, and its loss would leave few casualties.

The coterie was located in the middle of our wheat field.

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