retinue
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English retenue, from Old French retenue, past participle of retenir (“retain”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- (RP) IPA: /ˈrɛt.ɪ.njuː/, X-SAMPA: /"rEt.I.nju:/
- (US) IPA: /ˈrɛtɪnuː/, /ˈrɛtɪnjuː/
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Noun [edit]
retinue (plural retinues)
- A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.
- the queen’s retinues
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.
- (obsolete) A service relationship.
Translations [edit]
group of servants
service relationship
