coterie.
A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kutąder. Old English cotbor. Medieval Latin coteriabor. French coteriebor. English coterie Borrowed from French coterie.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.