entourage
entourage
Definition
en·tou·rage (än′to̵o räz̸h′, än′to̵o räz̸h′)
noun
- Now Rare surroundings; environment
- a group of accompanying attendants, assistants, or associates; retinue
Etymology: Fr < entourer, to surround < en tour, around < en, in + tour, turn, round + -age
entourage
Synonyms
entourage
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: Senior Oracle staff don't carry money; they have an entourage which handles all that.
- travel: The late great Ronnie Lane did it with his traveling entourage back in 1975.
- tour: The final combination of this touring entourage is the least silent, most deadly.
- take: In the past the band have taken the whole entourage on tour with them when they have visited America.
Converse of subject
- accompany: TONY BLAIR has swanned off to Tuscany, accompanied by the massive entourage that his delusions of presidential grandeur demand.
Adjective modifier
- royal: The royal entourage will arrive at Blackburn railroad station shortly before 10am before making its way to the venue.
- immediate: You haven't endeared yourself to The Prime Minister and his immediate entourage, how do you feel about this?
- entire: Then, after a brief buffet breakfast, the entire entourage follows the elephants to the national park.
- huge: He fused elongated African grooves with the driving edge and stage presence of James Brown and a huge jazz entourage akin to Sun Ra.
- whole: I say ' all ' because the whole court entourage wanted to see this special court that is normally kept under lock and key.
- large: By this time Truman had left with a large entourage for Potsdam.
Preposition: on
- tour: In the past the band have taken the whole entourage on tour with them when they have visited America.
Noun used with modifier
- touring: Izzard's own touring entourage was very limited for a tour of this size.
Preposition: of
- people: Officials became suspicious when, in 2000, Wemba was accompanied by an entourage of 200 people, with very few musicians among them.
- advisor: He surrounded himself with an entourage of advisors who assisted him on policy matters and on speeches.
- bodyguard: When you discover one, you'll have to fight off a large entourage of bodyguards to get at him.
- personnel: Divorce courts and their huge entourage of personnel depend for their existence on broken, single-parent homes.
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