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en⋅tou⋅rage

[ahn-too-rahzh]
–noun
1. a group of attendants or associates, as of a person of rank or importance: The opera singer traveled with an entourage of 20 people.
2. surroundings; environment: a house with a charming entourage of trees and flowers.
3. Architecture. the landscaping and other nearby environmental features shown on a rendering of a building.

Origin:
1825–35; < F, equiv. to entour(er) to surround (deriv. of entour around, equiv. to en in + tour circuit; see tour ) + -age -age


1. retinue, following, cortege, escort.
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en·tou·rage   (ŏn'tŏŏ-räzh')   
n.  
  1. A group of attendants or associates; a retinue.

  2. One's environment or surroundings.


[French, from entourer, to surround, from Old French entour, surroundings : en-, in; see en-1 + tour, circuit; see tour.]
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Word Origin & History

entourage 
1832, "surroundings, environment," picked up by De Quincey from Fr. entourage, from O.Fr. entour "that which surrounds," from en- "in" + tour "a circuit" (see tour). Sense of "attendant persons" first recorded in Eng. 1860.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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