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
To circumvent this potential Mars landing showstopper, Zubrin says, SpaceX could instead dispatch a flotilla led by one colossal Starship accompanied by a retinue of smaller Starboats.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The Driskill even has its very own retinue of weeping female ghosts.
—Rona Berg, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Early in the last campaign cycle, a retinue of Fox hosts and contributors promoted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over Trump, leading to a rift between the two.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Political elites—politicians and their retinues, interest groups, campaign donors, and media that stir up readers by applauding one side—orchestrated this process.
—Jonathan Schlefer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2021
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The Driskill even has its very own retinue of weeping female ghosts.
—Rona Berg, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Early in the last campaign cycle, a retinue of Fox hosts and contributors promoted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over Trump, leading to a rift between the two.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Political elites—politicians and their retinues, interest groups, campaign donors, and media that stir up readers by applauding one side—orchestrated this process.
—Jonathan Schlefer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retinue
entourage
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Mansfield and her entourage were traveling from a nightclub performance in Biloxi, Miss. to New Orleans.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
29 June 2025
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Some members of Juventus’ entourage, including players, were not aware they would be unveiled at a press conference before attending the event.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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“Retinue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retinue. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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