Retinue and Squad

Retinue

Retinue noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.

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Squad and retinue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Squad" instead a noun "Retinue".

Squad noun - A group of people working together on a task.

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Retinue and squad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Retinue" instead a noun "Squad".

female	female retinue	female squad
elite	elite retinue	elite squad
normal	normal retinue	normal squad
rival	rival retinue	rival squad
Other adjectives: small, entire, large, private, personal.

This also applies to many of the other choices, such as taking a command squad/retinue for your commander, or the Scout Neophytes for the Space Marine Initiates, for Black Templars, or the three Guardsmen in the Imperial Guard six-man special weapon squad who aren't carrying special weapons.

Source: Red Shirt
Taken to extremes with the Imperial Guard, where the general and his retinue squad is practically their only melee unit.

Source: Frontline General

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