[n] an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
camp, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack
age group, associate with, assort with, band, battalion, bevy, body, brigade, bunch, cabal, cadre, camarilla, camp, cast, cell, charmed circle, chum, chum together, chum with, circle, clan, clique with, closed circle, club together, cohort, company, compl