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Grammar : Noun
Spell : koh-tuh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkoʊ tə ri



Définition of coterie

Origin :
  • 1738, from French coterie "circle of acquaintances," originally in Middle French an organization of peasants holding land from a feudal lord (14c.), from cotier "tenant of a cote" (see cottage).
  • noun clique
Example sentences :
  • The event established Mary as the arbiter in her own coterie.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • These fishermen are representative of the coterie who fish for records.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • It was this trial that the coterie of commanders had gathered together to discuss.
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
  • She who only met with sympathy, who did not belong to any coterie!
  • Extract from : « Artists' Wives » by Alphonse Daudet
  • Cicily, my dear, I think you are well rid of that coterie of cats.
  • Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan
  • One evening this coterie gathered at the home of Jasper Staggs.
  • Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read
  • And here is yet another point of the likeness to the Johnsonian coterie.
  • Extract from : « Pickwickian Studies » by Percy Fitzgerald
  • But she had her coterie, which was brilliant in quality if not in numbers.
  • Extract from : « The Women of the French Salons » by Amelia Gere Mason
  • They formed a coterie at Cambridge, and spent most of their holidays at Newstead.
  • Extract from : « My Recollections of Lord Byron » by Teresa Guiccioli
  • He had enrolled my brother in the coterie, and through my brother, myself.
  • Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill

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