Definitions for retinues

retinues ret·i·nue

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

Retinues is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 337 anagrams from letters in retinues (eeinrstu).

Definitions for retinues

noun

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

Origin of retinues

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

Examples for retinues

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

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

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

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

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

The retinue has been the subject of much media attention.

The intervention of the retinue of Roderic was scarcely admitted.

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

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

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

Word Value for retinues
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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