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
Every major galaxy like the Milky Way has a retinue of smaller dwarf galaxies orbiting it.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 20 May 2025
In Saudi Arabia, major royals have retinues and security details.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
In time, the lion and bull became close friends – so much so that the lion stopped hunting, and the animals in his retinue began starving.
—John Nemec, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
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.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 20 May 2025
In Saudi Arabia, major royals have retinues and security details.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
In time, the lion and bull became close friends – so much so that the lion stopped hunting, and the animals in his retinue began starving.
—John Nemec, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
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.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retinue
entourage
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Furthermore, in the past few weeks, part of the Dutchman's entourage has made several contacts with the German team.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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And when Alcaraz pushed a forehand long to cede the fourth set, Fognini nodded toward his guest box, where a member of his entourage stood to snap a photo with a cellphone.—
Howard Fendrich,
Baltimore Sun,
30 June 2025
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“Retinue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retinue. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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