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entourage

noun/ˈɒntʊrɑːʒ/

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A group of attendants or followers accompanying an important person.

The chief executive never travelled without an entourage of advisers, which insulated her from unwelcome news.

Similar: retinue, following

Topic: Leadership & management in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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