[ noun ] the group following and attending to some important person <noun.group>
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.
Judge McKay had ordered that every person entering the courtroom be searched before Rider, who is Flynt's former brother-in-law, arrived with his retinue of burly bodyguards.
During a proverbial whirlwind round of media interviews, she was surrounded by a doting retinue that included two family members, a couple of publicity people, a promotion manager and several journalists.
The swans are less the retinue of the Swan Princess than the extension of her inner being, at once a metaphor of her grief and the evidence of her universal significance.
They explained their plan to an old, white-robed interpreter who translated it from French for the sultan and his retinue.
So Bush, his wife, Barbara, and their Secret Service retinue trooped into the little store to pick up a couple of slices of pizza and some soft drinks.
The North Korean premier and a retinue of about 80 aides and reporters were to return to Pyongyang Friday morning.
Peter's manners were indeed quite poor, even for those days, and in Spa an eyewitness couldn't stop laughing as he watched Peter and his retinue greasing a tablecloth to slide the dishes along.