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entourage
CIDE DICTIONARY
entourage, n. [F.].
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." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
entourage, n.
1 people attending an important person.
2 surroundings.
1 people attending an important person.
2 surroundings.
Etymology
F f. entourer surround
THESAURUS
entourage
alentours, ambience, ambit, associates, attendance, attendant, attendants, body of retainers, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, cohort, compass, context, cortege, court, courtiers, environing circumstances, environment, environs, follower, followers, following, gestalt, habitat, milieu, neighborhood, outposts, outskirts, parasite, perimeter, periphery, precincts, purlieus, retainers, retinue, rout, satellite, situation, suburbs, suite, surroundings, total environment, train, vicinage, vicinityROGET THESAURUS
entourage
Circumjacence
N circumjacence, circumambience, environment, encompassment, atmosphere, medium, surroundings, outpost, border, girdle, outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity, circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent, ambient, surrounding, circumferential, suburban, around, about, without, on every side, on all sides, right and left, all round, round about.For further exploring for "entourage" in Webster Dictionary Online