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retinues

retinues is the plural of retinue.

Meaning of retinue

Noun

retinue (plural retinues)

  1. (collective) A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important.
    • the queen’s retinues
  2. A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus.
    • 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.”1992, J. A. V. Haney and Eric Dahl, “On Igor’s Campaign” (translation of Слово о плъку Игоревѣ)
  3. (obsolete) A service relationship.

Questions about retinues

What is retinues the plural of?
Retinues is the plural of retinue.

Words near retinues in the dictionary

  1. retinted
  2. retinting
  3. retints
  4. retinue
  5. retinued
  6. retinues
  7. retinula
  8. retinulae
  9. retinular
  10. retinulas
  11. retinulate

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