coterie
/ˈkəʊtərɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
- a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people（有共同兴趣爱好, 尤指排外的）小团体; 小圈子：
a coterie of friends and advisers
良师益友组成的小圈子。
词源
early 18th cent.: from French, earlier denoting an association of tenants, based on Middle Low German kote 'cote'.