(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:45:22

Co`te*rie" [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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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