retinue
Meanings
noun
- A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important.
- A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus.
- A service relationship.
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Etymology
From Middle English retenue, from Old French retenue, past participle of retenir (“retain”). Doublet of ritenuto.
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