camarilla
Americannoun
plural
camarillasnoun
Etymology
Origin of camarilla
1830–40; < Spanish, equivalent to camar ( a ) room (< Latin camera; see chamber) + -illa diminutive suffix < Latin
Vocabulary lists containing camarilla
Example Sentences
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He assembled a little camarilla of army officers and aristocrats and last winter began making secret trips to Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
When President von Hindenburg dropped BrÜning, who had been his protege, the German military camarilla which had maneuvered BrÜning out suggested von Papen to the ancient President, who made him his new protege.
From Time Magazine Archive
One result: today, the old, meddling palace camarilla which made and unmade Premiers in backstairs intrigues is gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
The victorious troops were still at some distance, the Queen and her camarilla had fled across the frontier, the Government had vanished, and the people were a law unto themselves.
From Spanish Life in Town and Country by Dawson, William Harbutt
How is it that among the words that English has borrowed from our language, such as siesta, camarilla, guerrilla, there is to be found this word desperdo?
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
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