ENTOURAGE

cortege, retinue, suite, entourage

(noun) the group following and attending to some important person

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

entourage (plural entourages)

A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.

(topology) A binary relation in a uniform space which generalises the notion of two points being no farther apart than a given fixed distance; a uniform neighbourhood.

Source: Wiktionary


En`tou`rage" (รคN`too`razh"), n. [F.]

Definition: Surroundings; specif., collectively, one's attendants or associates.

The entourage and mode of life of the mikados were not such as to make of them able rulers. B. H. Chamberlain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DRAW

(noun) (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage


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