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Harem vs Retinue - What's the difference?

harem | retinue |

As nouns the difference between harem and retinue

is that harem is harem while retinue is a group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.

harem

English

(wikipedia harem)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The private part of an Arab household. In traditional Arab culture, this part of the household was forbidden to male strangers.
  • A group of women, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.
  • A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals, sea lions, sea elephants.

    • See also

    * concubine * polygamy * polygyny * seraglio * zenana

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    retinue

    English

    (wikipedia retinue)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.
    • the queen’s retinues
  • * 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
    • Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.
  • (obsolete) A service relationship.

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