coterie
noun /ˈkəʊtəri/
/ˈkəʊtəri/
[countable + singular or plural verb] (formal, often disapproving)- a small group of people who have the same interests and do things together but do not like to include others
（志趣相同、合伙做事而排外的）小圈子，小集团 - her little coterie of friends and advisers
她的朋友和顾问小圈子 - a literary coterie
一帮文人。 - He surrounded himself with an elite coterie of political advisors.
他身边围绕着一群政治顾问精英。 - His work attracted a coterie of admirers in the US.
他的作品在美国吸引了一小撮崇拜者。
词源early 18th cent.: from French, earlier denoting an association of tenants, based on Middle Low German kote ‘cote’, a shelter for mammals or birds. - her little coterie of friends and advisers