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Retinue vs Dought - What's the difference?

retinue | dought |

As nouns the difference between retinue and dought

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

As a verb dought is

(dialect).

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.

    • Anagrams

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    dought

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • manhood, virtue
  • the age of manhood, maturity
  • virility, manly power or strength; excellence
  • (collectively) men, people
  • a company, army, retinue

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) doghte, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dialect)