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retinue

[ ret-n-oo, -yoo ]

noun

  1. a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.


retinue

/ ˈ°ùÉ›³Ùɪˌ²ÔÂá³ÜË /

noun

  1. a body of aides and retainers attending an important person, royalty, etc
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ù±ð³Ù¾±ËŒ²Ô³Ü±ð»å, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù±ð³Ùi·²Ô³Ü±ð»å adjective
  • un·°ù±ð³Ùi·²Ô³Ü±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of retinue1

1325–75; Middle English retinue < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of retenir to retain
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of retinue1

C14: from Old French retenue , from retenir to retain
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He pointed out that the monarch had also been behaving erratically in his public life, sacking several senior officials in his retinue.

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The resulting decision comes in a pinnacle moment when Mariko tries to lead her retinue out of Osaka only to be stopped by castle guards.

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Count Philip of Flanders would often arrive at the lists with his retinue and publicly declare his intention to spectate rather than fight.

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The King of the Belgians alone was accompanied by a retinue of forty mice, and he was but one king among many.

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The yawning discrepancy in the appraisals is only the latest twist in the strange saga of Indiana’s last years on Vinalhaven, where he lived alone but was tended to by a retinue of helpers.

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