coterie

  • 41coterie — co•te•rie [[t]ˈkoʊ tə ri[/t]] n. 1) a group of people who associate closely 2) an exclusive group; clique • Etymology: 1730–40; < F, MF: an association of tenant farmers < ML coter(ius) cotter+ ie y III …

    From formal English to slang

  • 42coterie — /ˈkoʊtəri / (say kohtuhree) noun 1. a group of persons who associate closely, especially for social purposes. 2. a clique. {French: set, association of people; earlier, cottars tenure, from Old French cotier cottar. See cottar} …

  • 43coterie —   n. exclusive set of persons; clique …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 44coterie — /kowtariy/ A fashionable association, or a knot of persons forming a particular circle. The origin of the term was purely commercial, signifying an association, in which each member furnished his part, and bore his share in the profit and loss …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 45coterie — /kowtariy/ A fashionable association, or a knot of persons forming a particular circle. The origin of the term was purely commercial, signifying an association, in which each member furnished his part, and bore his share in the profit and loss …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 46coterie — n. 1 an exclusive group of people sharing interests. 2 a select circle in society. Etymology: F, orig. = association of tenants, ult. f. MLG kote COTE …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 47Tryon Coterie — Infobox Fraternity letters= TRY C name = TRYON COTERIE crest = colors = Royal Purple and Old Gold motto = flower = Fleur de lis mascot = Ram founded = 1947 birthplace = Baylor University type = Social scope = Local address = Tryon Coterie Phi… …

    Wikipedia

  • 48The Coterie — For other uses, see coterie The Coterie comprised a fashionable and famous set of English aristocrats and intellectuals of the 1910s, widely quoted and profiled in magazines and newspapers of the period. It adopted the hostile description as a… …

    Wikipedia

  • 49D'Holbach's Coterie — (la coterie holbachique was the phrase coined by Jean Jacques Rousseau) was a group of radical French Enlightenment thinkers who met regularly at the salon of the atheist philosophe Baron d Holbach in the years approximately 1750–1780. An… …

    Wikipedia

  • 50La coterie holbachique — (castellano: La Camarilla de Holbach) es la frase acuñada por Jean Jacques Rousseau para referirse a un grupo de ilustrados radicales franceses que se reunían a menudo en el salón del Barón d Holbach entre 1750 y 1780. Hombre de gran fortuna, el… …

    Wikipedia Español