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What is a retinue?

What is a retinue? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.
  2. A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus.
  3. (obsolete) A service relationship.
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In the eleventh century the Norse kings probably had an immediate retinue of about ninety men, excluding menial servants and hangers on.
David, reacting to James' untimely outburst, commanded his retinue of elite combatants to fight their way to the exit.
On his land, the Lord owned a hearth-hall, within which he housed his retinue of warriors.
Land was held in customary tenure, the largest holdings by 250 daimyos, each with his retinue of dependent samurai.
I am travelling to the capital to meet with the King tomorrow, you will accompany my retinue and I will give you the details of the mission once we reach the capital city.
They don't hide behind a retinue of handlers and lawyers and public-relations fools.

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