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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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“Retinue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retinue. Accessed 28 Sep. 2021.

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