retinue

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English retenue, from Old French retenue, past participle of retenir (“retain”). Doublet of ritenuto. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛ.tɪ.njuː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛ.tɪ.n(j)uː/ IPA(key): (obsolete) /ɹɪˈtɪnjuː/ , === Noun === retinue (plural retinues) A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important. Synonyms: entourage, (obsolete, rare) retain, cortege 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. A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus. 1992, J. A. V. Haney and Eric Dahl, “On Igor’s Campaign” (translation of Слово о плъку Игоревѣ): Then Igor looked up at the bright sun and saw all his warriors / darkened from it by a shadow. / And Igor said to his retinue: / “Brothers and companions! It is better to be slain than taken captive. / Mount, brothers, your swift horses that we may glimpse the Blue Don.” (obsolete) A service relationship. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === neurite, reunite, unitree, uterine == Middle English == === Noun === retinue alternative form of retenue