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
Jesse Jackson swept in with his retinue of bodyguards and embraced Dinkins, Lynch, and Harlem representative Charlie Rangel in a group hug, as the furniture inside the suite was hastily rearranged to make room for the TV cameras and spotlights.
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Jonathan Mahler, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025
Carter and his retinue surveyed the husks of vacant tenements and eight-foot heaps of bulldozed bricks.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Wilson, outspent by a margin of nearly 4-1, recalls driving himself and, while lugging posters and signs to campaign events, watching Kennedy arrive with a retinue of staffers and occasionally a consultant.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
The sun and its retinue of planets, asteroids and comets have been around for more than 4.5 billion years.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2025
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Jonathan Mahler, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025
Carter and his retinue surveyed the husks of vacant tenements and eight-foot heaps of bulldozed bricks.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Wilson, outspent by a margin of nearly 4-1, recalls driving himself and, while lugging posters and signs to campaign events, watching Kennedy arrive with a retinue of staffers and occasionally a consultant.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
The sun and its retinue of planets, asteroids and comets have been around for more than 4.5 billion years.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retinue
entourage
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Tiel traveled with her in the late '60s and early '70s, spending many months with her and her entourage in the finest hotels all over Europe on various film shoots.—
Liz McNeil,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The costumed entourage will make their way through Jefferson Street venues like Foy, Taylors, Electric Lime, Experts Only and SportClub.—
Angelika Ytuarte,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Retinue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retinue. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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