The Only Use of
retinue
in
Animal Farm
- 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 )
Definition:
a group of people following and attending to an important person