retinues
Groups of followers
Retinues is the plural of retinue, a group of attendants or followers accompanying an important person.
A king travels with a retinue of advisors, guards, and servants.
The word suggests formal accompaniment and status: The celebrity arrived with her usual retinue of publicists and bodyguards.
Modern usage often carries a hint of irony when applied to less exalted figures.
Armed group pursuing fugitives
- crewWorking team aboard
- followersPeople who support someone
- companionsThose who accompany
- escortOne who accompanies another
bodyguard · coterie · attendants · hangers-on · minions · lackeys · aides · associates
Personal servant or parker
- butlerChief domestic servant
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
- attendantOne who assists others
- stewardManager for another
aide · squire · pageboy · servant · manservant · handmaiden · lady-in-waiting · cupbearer
Hereditary supreme ruler
- sovereignSupreme in power
- courtierRoyal household attendant
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- palaceMonarch's official residence
nobility · aristocracy · chamberlain · king · queen · prince · dynasty · coronation
Loyalty owed to authority
- fealtyPledged devotion to authority
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
steadfastness · dedication · homage · obeisance · liege · sworn · bondsman · bannerman
posse
Armed group pursuing fugitives
- crewWorking team aboard
- followersPeople who support someone
- companionsThose who accompany
escort · bodyguard · coterie · attendants · hangers-on · minions · lackeys · aides · associates · delegation
valet
Personal servant or parker
steward · aide · squire · pageboy · servant · manservant · handmaiden · lady-in-waiting · cupbearer · herald
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
palace · nobility · aristocracy · chamberlain · king · queen · prince · dynasty · coronation · regalia
allegiance
Loyalty owed to authority
faithfulness · steadfastness · dedication · homage · obeisance · liege · sworn · bondsman · bannerman · liegeman
retinuessolitude
State of being alone
isolation · loner · hermit · recluse · solo travelers
retinuesprincipals
Chief school administrators
sovereigns · monarchs · lords · masters · leaders