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noun
- a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
noun
- a body of aides and retainers attending an important person, royalty, etc
late 14c., from Old French retenue “group of followers, state of service,” literally “that which is retained,” noun use of fem. past participle of retenir “to employ, to retain, hold back” (see retain). Related: Retinular.