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retinue

noun

ˈre-tə-ˌnü

Definition of retinue

as in entourage

a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person a campaign bus carrying the candidate, her retinue, and a gaggle of reporters and bloggers

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Recent Examples of retinue In the week or so prior to Trump’s departure for China, leading a retinue of eighteen super-prominent CEOs, sundry media outlets reported that the aerospace colossus is negotiating a giant sale to China’s three major carriers, naturally shepherded by Beijing. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 May 2026 Minutes before the vote, a retinue of Youth Climate Coalition members formed a line in front of the audience, holding up posters urging people to vote in favor of the climate. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 11 Mar. 2026 Charles’s retinue included his twenty-six-year-old brother, James, the Duke of York. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026 In just a few weeks, Orion and his retinue will be dominating our winter skies. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for retinue

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entourage

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Gabriella paid off most of his entourage to leave him and the band alone and is now basically his own private Joe Jackson, pressuring him to record nonstop.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

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