Hypertext Webster Gateway: "camarilla"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Camarilla \Ca`ma*ril"la\, n. [Sp., a small room.]
1. The private audience chamber of a king.
2. A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a
king; a cabal or clique.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
camarilla
n : a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: {cabal},
{faction}, {junta}, {junto}]
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