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# retinue

«retinue» in Mova's school dictionary: **the group of people who travel with and serve an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (retinues)

### meaning for a pupil

A retinue is the group of people who travel with and serve an important person, such as a king or an emperor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retinue/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories the king or emperor rides out with a large group of servants, knights and helpers

### examples

- It was the King and his retinue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retinue/#x1)
- The Emperor set out with his retinue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retinue/#x2)
- The Abbot came with a goodly retinue of knights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retinue/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «retinue» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retinue/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.