Retinue

Examples

• The period of the family's stay at Venice came, in its course, to an end, and they moved, with their retinue, to Rome. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The other guests were now fast dispersing, with the exception of those immediately attached to Prince John's faction, and his retinue. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The King rides home, and rejoins his retinue. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Next evening, down come Sir Leicester and my Lady with their largest retinue, and down come the cousins and others from all the points of the compass. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• General Taylor never made any great show or parade, either of uniform or retinue. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She, my mother, was of the retinue of the great Tal Hajus, while her lover was a simple warrior, wearing only his own metal. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Then she disappeared, followed by her retinue. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I do not understand, she said, and turning walked slowly in the direction of the door through which Issus and her retinue had passed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Her name, as I afterward learned, was Sola, and she belonged to the retinue of Tars Tarkas. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• All my retinue was that poor lad for an interpreter, whom I persuaded into my service, and, at my humble request, we had each of us a mule to ride on. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• On the second trip they were accompanied by ten or fifteen other women and youths, who, it seemed, formed the retinues of the two chieftains. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

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