coterie, functionaries, posse, legion, renegades, clique, battalions, phalanx, noncoms, platoons, army, bureaucrats, sycophants, fiefs, brigade, retinue, loyalists, nomenklatura, gaggle, sympathizers, elite, cabal, careerist, flatterers, malcontents, staffs, pleaders, intelligentsia, motley, ranks, revolutionaries, placemen, idealists, corps, praetorian guard, intellectuals, faction, agitators, operatives, servitors, dilettantes, abler, triumvirate, gofers, stratum, congeries, factotums, acolytes, midlevel, bunch, goons, hirelings, provocateurs, guomindang, petty bourgeoisie, brahmin, echelon, apparatchik, lieutenants, incompetents, personnel, politico, jarheads, dadas, comprador, bevy, deputation, schutzstaffel, irregulars, highhandedness, satraps, technologists, handful, conscripts, recruit, contingent, lumpenproletariat, dissidence, armed forces, hordes, esprit de corps, constables, squads, posers, schoolteachers, batch, agriculturists, claque, petty bourgeois, huji, vanguard, carders, kleagle, inspirers, group, lackeys, egotists, mediocrities, ensigns, generals, draftsmen, erstwhile, cadres, staff, secretariat, executive, committee, executives, subordinates, supervisors, assistant, functionary, manager, managers, officers, team, workforce, administrators, commission, military, ministerial, responsible, congolese, tary, vietnamese, broadbased, chilean, croat, curial, czechoslovak, fijian, indochinese, indonesian, landlord, leaning, peronist, prewar, roumanian, sudanese

core, core group, nucleus, political unit

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