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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retinue \Ret"i*nue\, n. [OE. retinue, OF retinue, fr retenir
to retain, engage, hire. See {Retain}.]
The body of retainers who follow a prince or other
distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.
Others of your insolent retinue. --Shak.
What followers, what retinue canst thou gain? --Milton.
{To have at one's retinue}, to keep or employ as a retainer;
to retain. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
retinue
n : the group following and attending to some important person
[syn: {cortege}, {suite}, {entourage}]
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