entourage
pronunciation
How to pronounce entourage in British English:
UK [ˈɒnturɑ:ʒ]
How to pronounce entourage in American English:
US [ˈɑnturɑʒ]
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- Noun:
- the group following and attending to some important person
Word Origin
- entourage (n.)
- 1832, "surroundings, environment," picked up by De Quincey from French entourage, from Middle French entourer "to surround" (16c.), from Old French entour "that which surrounds" (10c.), from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + tour "a circuit" (see tour). Specific sense of "attendant persons, persons among whom as followers or companions one is accustomed to move" recorded in English by 1860.
Synonym
Example
- 1. A huge bull stirred as the entourage passed .
- 2. Wealthier homes have an entourage stretching from sweeper to housekeeper .
- 3. His students smirk at his arriving for classes with an entourage of flunkies .
- 4. He invited sky to join his entourage , and during the trip , she sought his advice .
- 5. Yet part of the new president 's entourage feels this would be too much of a concession to a losing party .