Thesaurus results for RETINUE

retinue

noun

ˈre-tə-ˌnü

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

Noun

Alix Earle is followed by an entourage of SipMargs servers in New York City on June 25 to celebrate the brand's national launch.

— Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Ambrosio, smiling and waving to fans, was flanked by an entourage that included her 14-year-old son, Noah, whose name was inscribed on the back of his jersey.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026