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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In a succession of breathtaking sequences, Mariko weaponizes those clashing codes of honor to undermine Ishido’s position, first sacrificing her retinue and fruitlessly trying to fight off the castle guards in order to draw out evidence of everyone’s captivity.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Standing stoutly on a granite rock just off Wilshire Boulevard in MacArthur Park, Harrison Gray Otis has lost his retinue.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Much to her surprise, instead of traveling with a retinue or even a secretary, the Chancellor was alone.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 June 2023
The Virgo cluster surrounds itself with a retinue of smaller groups, pulling each one toward it with its immense gravity.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2023
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Standing stoutly on a granite rock just off Wilshire Boulevard in MacArthur Park, Harrison Gray Otis has lost his retinue.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Much to her surprise, instead of traveling with a retinue or even a secretary, the Chancellor was alone.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 June 2023
The Virgo cluster surrounds itself with a retinue of smaller groups, pulling each one toward it with its immense gravity.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2023
See all Example Sentences for retinue
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“Retinue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retinue. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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