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
Carter and his retinue surveyed the husks of vacant tenements and eight-foot heaps of bulldozed bricks.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Wilson, outspent by a margin of nearly 4-1, recalls driving himself and, while lugging posters and signs to campaign events, watching Kennedy arrive with a retinue of staffers and occasionally a consultant.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
The sun and its retinue of planets, asteroids and comets have been around for more than 4.5 billion years.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2025
In a sign that Pahlavi and his retinue take the regime threat seriously, on Monday French police made all journalists arrive an hour early and leave their bags in a courtyard for 10 minutes for investigation by a sniffer dog.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 June 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Wilson, outspent by a margin of nearly 4-1, recalls driving himself and, while lugging posters and signs to campaign events, watching Kennedy arrive with a retinue of staffers and occasionally a consultant.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
The sun and its retinue of planets, asteroids and comets have been around for more than 4.5 billion years.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2025
In a sign that Pahlavi and his retinue take the regime threat seriously, on Monday French police made all journalists arrive an hour early and leave their bags in a courtyard for 10 minutes for investigation by a sniffer dog.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retinue
entourage
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At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage.—
Marc Williams,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Sep. 2025
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Before Kikuchi could even face a batter, Angels athletic trainer Eric Munson came to the mound, along with an entourage that included his interpreter, the manager and the pitching coach.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Retinue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retinue. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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