Entourage | Meaning + Examples
Description
entourage
a group of people who travel with an important person
Two Example Dialogues Using ‘Entourage’
: Why didn’t she just take a carriage north? Was it really necessary to make such a big deal out of a simple visit to her cousin?
: Given her carefully crafted public image, Margaret was careful to never travel anywhere without her full entourage, who would help her prepare talking points and see to all aspects of her appearance.
: That’s quite an entourage you’ve got there, my friend!
: What? Don’t you travel with a barber, a tailor, and a massage therapist? I thought everyone did.
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Examples of ‘Entourage’ from the News
“Some 750 rooms were booked out to accommodate his entourage in 2018, according to Matt Chorley, of the Times newspaper.”
– Lucy Rodgers, Dominic Bailey, Gerry Fletcher, Sandra Rodriguez Chillida, and Irene de la Torre Arenas, “Donald Trump’s UK visit: What’s he bringing with him?”, 3 June 2019
“After a round on the links, the Prime Minister and President retreated to the clubhouse for hamburgers, where Abe proudly unveiled a gift for Trump and his entourage: a set of gleaming white baseball caps emblazoned with the genially fractured slogan ‘DONALD & SHINZO, MAKE ALLIANCE EVEN GREATER.'”
– Matt Alt, “Donald and Shinzo’s Excellent Adventure”, 7 November 2017
Special Notes on the Word ‘Entourage’
The word ‘entourage’ comes to the English language from French, as does its closest synonym, ‘retinue‘. ‘Retinue’ is defined as “a group of people who travel with an important person to provide help and support”.
Related: Learn and quiz yourself on 8 more English words from French
Pronunciation of ‘Entourage’
/ˈɒnturɑːʒ/
Sources: Definition of ‘Entourage’, Definition of ‘Retinue’
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