Definitions for retinue

retinue ret·i·nue

Spelling: [ret-n-oo, -yoo]
IPA: /ˈrɛt nˌu, -ˌyu/

Retinue is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in retinue (eeinrtu).

Definitions for retinue

noun

  1. a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.

Origin of retinue

1325-75; Middle English retinue Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of retenir to retain

Examples for retinue

And then his retinue of friends and spiritual advisors arrived, and he floated away on a cloud of "insiderdom" and "privilege."

I have fled from myself; I have fled from the magnificence of my retinue, to find variety.

The retinue has been the subject of much media attention.

He provided a house for her, and assigned to her service a retinue of domestics.

A house fit for a sovereign prince, and a retinue like that of royalty!

There is a usually a retinue of “reliable” Mohalells in each pious community.

The intervention of the retinue of Roderic was scarcely admitted.

My brother was servile; he has attached himself to the retinue of a wealthy Baroness.

His equipages and retinue were of a kind to match his personal effulgence.

First charged with “piracy,” each member of the retinue now faces seven years in jail if found guilty of “hooliganism.”

Word Value for retinue
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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