entourage

noun

en·​tou·​rage ˌän-tu̇-ˈräzh How to pronounce entourage (audio)
Synonyms of entouragenext
1
: one's attendants or associates
2

Examples of entourage in a Sentence

the President and his entourage the gaggle of hangers-on that passes for the rock star's entourage
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Flight logs from Epstein's private jets made public during civil litigation against Epstein showed that Clinton and his entourage had taken four international sojourns in 2002 and 2003 on Epstein's Boeing 727 to locations including Bangkok, Brunei, Rwanda, Russia, China and elsewhere. Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2025 The K-pop boy band Cortis arrived with an entourage of handlers and bopped around to their own music; the trance DJ Armin van Buuren got stony-serious on the topic of his new, piano-only album. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025 On a blustery November morning, Brandon Scott’s small entourage stood on the sidewalk outside The Terraces at Park Heights, a brand-new senior living facility in West Baltimore. Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025 And the red carpet is wild in terms of volume — Hollywood and Indian celebrities, Egyptian entourages, the glamour of the outfits. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entourage

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, from entourer to surround, from entour around, from en in (from Latin in) + tour circuit — more at turn

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of entourage was in 1828

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“Entourage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entourage. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.

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