Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coterie"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coterie \Co`te*rie"\ (k?`te-r?"; 277), n. [F., prob. from OF.
coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin.
See 1st {Cot}.]
A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for
social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. ``The queen of
your coterie.'' --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coterie
n : an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: {clique},
{ingroup}, {inner circle}, {pack}, {camp}]
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