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 just a few weeks, Orion and his retinue will be dominating our winter skies.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025
He’s decided to reverse course and attend, dragging Ron, his publicist Liz (Laura Dern), and a retinue of assistants and stylists along with him to Europe.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
Serving Royalty In Geneva And Paris Boutiques Serving captains of industry, discerning collectors as well as members of European royal families and their retinues, Golay Fils & Stahl received a warrant as the official jeweler to the royal family of Romania at the turn of the 20th century.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The author is credited with popularizing ‘Ivy Style’ and was known to wear Brooks Brothers polo collar shirts, today called oxford shirts, as part of his daily retinue.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025
He’s decided to reverse course and attend, dragging Ron, his publicist Liz (Laura Dern), and a retinue of assistants and stylists along with him to Europe.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
Serving Royalty In Geneva And Paris Boutiques Serving captains of industry, discerning collectors as well as members of European royal families and their retinues, Golay Fils & Stahl received a warrant as the official jeweler to the royal family of Romania at the turn of the 20th century.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The author is credited with popularizing ‘Ivy Style’ and was known to wear Brooks Brothers polo collar shirts, today called oxford shirts, as part of his daily retinue.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for retinue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retinue
entourage
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His entourage subdued Sirhan as a teenage busboy cradled the injured Kennedy.—
Sophia Zhang,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 May 2026
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Chapman’s character was part of the entourage of Tracy Jordan (played by Morgan).—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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“Retinue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retinue. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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