coterie
/ˈkoʊtəɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
noun
A communal burrow of prairie dogs.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Baskets of game had reached her house, but not a single line, in his own hand, had met her eye. Better it should be so: Georgiana was not yet in a state to "lure the gentle tassel back," but no thanks to the chattering coterie whom she had courted for the sole purpose of rendering the marquis reassured on the subject of proper acquaintance."
- "The verses were copied out, handed about, sneered at, admired, passed from coterie to coterie."
- "The branch was worked by pull-and push ^([sic]) trains, drawn or propelled by one of a small coterie of the sprightly little Wolverhampton type of 0-4-2 side tanks."
- "In the case of a crack-smoking, prostitute-frequenting Mr. Sheen, many people in Hollywood say there is a long list of enablers: managers and agents and publicists; a coterie of assistants and party buddies; prostitutes, drug dealers and sex film stars; and the tabloid media, which have fed on Mr. Sheen’s antics for years."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kutąder. Old English cotbor. Medieval Latin coteriabor. French coteriebor. English coterie Borrowed from French coterie.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkoʊtəɹi/
- British English: /ˈkəʊtəɹi/