galère

noun

ga·​lère ga-ˈler 

: a group of people having an attribute in common

Synonyms

• body
• bunch
• circle
• clan
• clique
• community
• coterie
• coven
• crowd
• fold
• gang
• klatch
• klatsch
• lot
• network
• pack
• ring
• set

Examples of galère in a Sentence

charged that the campus newspaper had been completely taken over by a galère of right-wing zealots

Word History

Etymology

earlier, "group of undesirable people, unpleasant situation," borrowed from French, "unpleasant situation," literally, "galley," going back to Middle French, borrowed from Catalan galera, alteration (by suffix substitution or hiatus-filling) of galea, borrowed from Middle Greek galéa — more at galley

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined above