Word of the Day: Camarilla

cam·a·ril·la

ˌkaməˈrilə,-ˈrēə/

noun

noun: camarilla; plural noun: camarillas

1. a small group of people, especially a group of advisers to a ruler or politician, with a shared, typically nefarious, purpose.

   "a military camarilla that has lost any sense of political reality"

Origin

mid 19th century: from Spanish, diminutive of camara ‘chamber.’

 

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