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CAMARILLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does camarilla mean?
• CAMARILLA (noun)
The noun CAMARILLA has 1 sense:
1. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
Familiarity information: CAMARILLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
cabal; camarilla; faction; junto
Hypernyms ("camarilla" is a kind of...):
camp; clique; coterie; ingroup; inner circle; pack (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
Meronyms (members of "camarilla"):
cabalist (a member of a cabal)
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