n. A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.
n. A service relationship.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A body of retainers; a suite, as of a prince or other great personage; a train of persons; a cortège; a procession.
n. An accompaniment; a concomitant.
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n. the group following and attending to some important person
Word Usage
"The great collector and party giver Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, costumed as the emperor of China, and his wife, Patricia, disembarked with their retinue from a Chinese junk."