The Only Use
retinue
in
Animal Farm
(Edited)
- When he did appear, he was attended not only by his retinue of dogs but by a black cockerel who marched in front of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud 'cock-a-doodle-doo' before Napoleon spoke.
p. 92.9retinue = group (following and attending to someone important )
Definitions:
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(1)
(retinue) a group of people following and attending to an important person
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)