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retinue

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ret·i·nue  (rtn-, -y)
n.
The retainers or attendants accompanying a high-ranking person.
[Middle English retenue, from Old French, from feminine past participle of retenir, to retain; see retain.]
retinue [ˈrɛtɪˌnjuː]
n
a body of aides and retainers attending an important person, royalty, etc.
[from Old French retenue, from retenir to retain]
retinued  adj
ret•i•nue (ˈrɛt nˌu, -ˌyu)

n.
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
[1325–75; Middle English retinue < Middle French, n. use of feminine past participle of retenir to retain]
ret′i•nued`, adj.
Retinue a body of retainers, followers, or attendants, 1375. See also servantry, staff.
Examples: retinue of horses, 1667; of men, 1592; of nymphs, 1595; of officers and servants, 1878; of retainers, 1375; of servants, 1770.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.retinue - the group following and attending to some important personretinue - the group following and attending to some important person
entourage, cortege, suite
assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
bodyguard - a group of men who escort and protect some important person
royal court, court - the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
retinue
noun attendants, entourage, escort, servants, following, train, suite, aides, followers, cortege She left, followed by her retinue.
Translations
retinue [ˈretɪnjuː] N → séquito m, comitiva f
retinue [ˈrɛtɪnjuː] n → suite f, cortège m
retinue
n → Gefolge nt
retinue [ˈrɛtɪˌnjuː] n → seguito, scorta
retinue (ˈretinjuː) noun
the servants, officials etc who accompany a person of importance.


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We set out with very good advantage as to finding the way; for we got leave to travel in the retinue of one of their mandarins, a kind of viceroy or principal magistrate in the province where they reside, and who take great state upon them, travelling with great attendance, and great homage from the people, who are sometimes greatly impoverished by them, being obliged to furnish provisions for them and all their attendants in their journeys.
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