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retinue

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ret⋅i⋅nue

  [ret-n-oo, -yoo]
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–noun
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
Origin:
1325–75; ME retinue < MF, n. use of fem. ptp. of retenir to retain

Related forms:
ret⋅i⋅nued, adjective
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ret·i·nue   (rět'n-ōō', -yōō')   
n.  The retainers or attendants accompanying a high-ranking person.

[Middle English retenue, from Old French, from feminine past participle of retenir, to retain; see retain.]
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Word Origin & History

retinue 
c.1375, from O.Fr. retenue "group of followers, state of service," lit. "that which is retained," from fem. pp. of retenir "to employ, to retain, hold back" (see retain).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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