coterie Definition

clique, inner circle, pack, camp, ingroup, cabal, circle, group, click, set, retinue, cadre, praetorian guard, entourage, posse, gaggle, intelligentsia, triumvirate, elite, camarilla, aristocracy, literati, princeling, throng, clan, fiefdom, confidant, bevy, oligarchy, sycophants, flatterers, cronies, phalanx, acolytes, claque, hobnobs, flunkies, courtiers, legion, nomenklatura, egotists, dilettantes, placemen, factotums, lackeys, intriguers, toadies, hangers, viscounts, consiglieri, bootlicking, plutocrats, apparat, fabulists, careerist, motley, loyalists, congeries, culturati, socialites, intellectuals, hoi polloi, mountebanks, comprador, bureaucrats, consorts, machinations, klatch, arriviste, satraps, plebeians, eminences, aristos, fawning, egoists, minions, mediocrities, potentates, ilk, confidante, hirelings, connivers, admirers, cliquism, rajahs, handful, horde, moneybags, gentry, popinjay, malcontents, landed gentry, godfathers, pantheon, eminence grise, backslappers, neocon, martinets, fatcat, patricians,