Noun

(en noun)

A circle of people who associate with one another.

The new junior employee joined our merry after-hours coterie .

An exclusive group of people, who associate closely for a common purpose; a clique.

A tightly-knit coterie of executive powerbrokers made all the real decisions in the company.

A communal burrow of prairie dogs.

The coterie was located in the middle of our wheat field.

* 2000 , Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis , page 473:

The population of each coterie' constantly changes over a period of a few months or years, by death, birth, and emigration. But the ' coterie boundary remains about the same, being learned by each prairie dog born into it.

* 2001 , Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, The Emperor's Embrace: The Evolution of Fatherhood :

The odd part of prairie dog life is that this friendly state exists only among the members of each coterie', and does not extend between ' coteries .

* 2009 , Miriam Aronin, The Prairie Dog's Town: A Perfect Hideaway , page 22:

The Town Grows Young prairie dogs in a coterie are brothers and sisters. They have the same father and sometimes the same mother. To find a mate from a different family, young prairie dogs must travel to a new area.

Noun

A team; a group of people who work together professionally.

# A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.

# (label) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.

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# A unit of firefighters and their equipment.

# (label) The entire crew of a ship.

# (label) Nickname for an intelligence service.

(label) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

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(label) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.

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(label) Social visitors or companions.

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, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}

(label) Companionship.

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