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Retinue vs Followers - What's the difference?

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Retinue is a related term of followers.


As nouns the difference between retinue and followers

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

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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    followers

    English

    Noun

    (head)