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retinue
[ ret-n-oo, -yoo ]
noun
- a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
retinue
/ ˈɛɪˌː /
noun
- a body of aides and retainers attending an important person, royalty, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈپˌԳܱ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- i·Գܱ adjective
- un·i·Գܱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of retinue1
Example Sentences
He pointed out that the monarch had also been behaving erratically in his public life, sacking several senior officials in his retinue.
The resulting decision comes in a pinnacle moment when Mariko tries to lead her retinue out of Osaka only to be stopped by castle guards.
Count Philip of Flanders would often arrive at the lists with his retinue and publicly declare his intention to spectate rather than fight.
The King of the Belgians alone was accompanied by a retinue of forty mice, and he was but one king among many.
The yawning discrepancy in the appraisals is only the latest twist in the strange saga of Indiana’s last years on Vinalhaven, where he lived alone but was tended to by a retinue of helpers.
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