Retinue

Word RETINUE
Character 7
Hyphenation ret i nue
Pronunciations /ˈɹɛt.ɪ.njuː/

Definitions and meanings of "Retinue"

What do we mean by retinue?

The retainers or attendants accompanying a high-ranking person. noun

A body of retainers; a suite, as of a prince or other great personage; a train of persons; a cortège; a procession. noun

An accompaniment; a concomitant. noun

The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite. noun

To keep or employ as a retainer; to retain. noun

A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important. noun

A service relationship. noun

The group following and attending to some important person noun

A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.

A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus.

A service relationship.

Attendants for a person who is high class in society Urban Dictionary

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The word "retinue" in example sentences

Ambassadors and retinue from the Constantinopolitan King had kissed the ground before Omar and had delivered their embassage, they brought out the presents, which were fifty damsels of the choicest from Graecia-land, and fifty Mamelukes in tunics of brocade, belted with girdles of gold and silver, each wearing in his ears hoops of gold with pendants of fine pearls costing a thousand ducats every one. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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. ❋ Dunne, Dominick (1998)

When Providence frowns upon them their retinue is soon dispersed and scattered from them. ❋ Unknown (1721)

In 1959 the Dalai Lama's escape from his homeland produced a myth: that he had conjured up a belt of cloud to hide his retinue from the Chinese air force. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Eventually, he and his retinue were a show unto themselves, held over in New York and London. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A memorable part of his retinue is a fast-talking black cat called Behemoth, named after one of the Old Testament monsters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He had come to accept the fact that he and his retinue were the only people left on earth. ❋ Smith, Wilbur (1964)

In his retinue was a troop of comedians, a court fool, two dwarfs for luck, seven cooks, three alchemists and an astrologer. ❋ Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 (1916)

As to politics, the will of the leader and his retinue is the rule of the Franks, and purge and bloodbath mark every stage in the rivalry of the Merovingian princes. ❋ Eileen Edna Power (1914)

Among those who gave lodgings to the retinue were our good couple, who took in a lodger, for whom they were paid handsomely. ❋ Various (1896)

The remaining member of my retinue was a Bantu boy named 'Ngulubi, about sixteen years of age, who acted as voorlouper, or leader of the front span of oxen of the team. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

The empress and her retinue were the guests of Bishop Migazzi for five days in 1764. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even the Earl of Chester's small timber castle within the town had its scars to show, and would hardly be suitable for his occupation with the kind of retinue he intended to bring to the conference table, much less for entertaining his newly appeased and reconciled king. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Powerful Unseleighe Sidhe tended to be solitary souls; they did not like to share their power with anyone, and would support a "retinue" composed of vastly inferior creatures that were easy to control. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1994)

[Emperor] [Kuzco] had [lots] of retinue ❋ Vegihumor333 (2003)

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