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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɒn.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/, /ˈɑ̃ː.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɑn.tə.ɹɑʒ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|entourage]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''entourer'' “to surround”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from Old French ''entour'' “that which surrounds, around”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from ''en'' “in” and ''tour'' “circuit”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) It is related to [[tour]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Surroundings or environment (1832–34), a word taken up by De Quincey.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The specific sense of the people who surround a person of importance was recorded in English by 1860,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and it is now the main sense.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1832–34 – surroundings, environment.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1860 – a group of attendants.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A group of attendants or associates; a [[retinue]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # One's surroundings or environment.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Random House gives ''retinue'', ''following'', ''cortege'' and ''escort'' as synonyms.^(RHWU)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}