Retinue

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The retainers or attendants accompanying a high-ranking person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the group following and attending to some important person
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gathering    assemblage   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    court    royal court   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    suite    following    attendance    tail    train    trail    suit    rout    people    court   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    entourage    cavalcade    equipage    escort    procession    concourse    panoply    assemblage    throng    pageant