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Word Meanings - RETINUE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite. Others of your insolent retinue. Shak. What followers, what retinue canst thou gain Milton. To have at one's retinue, to keep or employ as a

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The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite. Others of your insolent retinue. Shak. What followers, what retinue canst thou gain Milton. To have at one's retinue, to keep or employ as a retainer; to retain. Chaucer.

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    Having no badge. Bp. Hall.
  • MARCHER
    One who marches.
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    A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one. (more info) AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS b in comp., AS. b to bow, 1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person;
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    1. The act of one who badgers. 2. The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit.
  • UNIFORMISM
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    One who goes or marches in a procession.
  • UNIFORMAL
    Uniform. Herrick.
  • BADGER
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  • UNIFORMLY
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    Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue. Richardson.
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    1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
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    1. Act of delivering back. 2. A second or new delivery or liberation.
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    See DISTRAINOR
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