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entourage | American Dictionary

entourage
noun[ C ]
us/ˌɑn·tʊˈrɑʒ/
the group of people who travel with and work for an important or famous person:
Her usual entourage includes musicians, backup singers, and technicians.

Examples of entourage

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Absence of osteological evidence or signs of violent death suggests that a kind of poison was administered to members of the entourage.
Such an entourage helps to increase the publicity value radiating from his public showings and the press was therefore present in force.
Each of these smaller houses accommodates a wife and her entourage.
There he seems to have faced renewed hostility, with plots against his person, and attacks upon his entourage.
The king and his entourage thus had preferential access to young and tender beef.
There was little room for manoeuvre for moderates at court but in the period from 1557 to 1560 the cardinal's entourage was a welcome haven.
Then the closure of an entourage is again an entourage.
Few medieval documents record meetings between two composers, notwithstanding their roles within their respective patrons' entourages.
Wallenstein's entourage of 900 was admittedly a flashy anomaly, but as among royal houses, size and extravagance were the surest signs of power and status.
Who was in his entourage?
Problems of montage and entourage are convincingly solved, as is the introduction of a much wider range of graphical techniques, and adaptability to many forms of printing.
Elements of entourage, such as figures and vegetation, can be disproportionately expensive: a tree needs at least 2000 polygons, yet its detailed form is of no particular consequence.
There is also sufficient evidence to show that each tomb had two uses: for multiple burials of the ruler and his entourage and for individual members of the royal family.
Let me have two of the smartest monks in your own entourage, doing it in a way that will not let my people notice they are yours.
He was accompanied at any given time by a small entourage of three to five people, but he maintained contact with the rest of his followers.
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