retinue UK /ˈɹɛ.tɪ.njuː/US /ˈɹɛ.tɪ.n(j)uː/ noun3 •A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important.12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age. •A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus. •(no longer used) A service relationship. formsretinues