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entourage

UK/ˈɒn.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/US/ˈɑn.tə.ɹɑʒ/
nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,240 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: entourages

An entourage is the group of helpers who travel with an important person. A large entourage, the singer's entourage, travel with an entourage.

The word implies more people than the job requires and is usually faintly critical for that reason. It keeps its French sound, with the last syllable said as in garage. The French verb behind it means to surround.

Definitions of entourage

  1. 1nounentourageThe group of helpers who travel with an important person.B2+

    “The singer arrived at the airport with an entourage of bodyguards and assistants.”

entourage is a group.

Where it comes from

French entourage comes from entourer, to surround, from tour, a turn or circuit.

  1. French

    entourage

  2. English, today

    entourage

Built from

  • entourer · French — to surround

French entourage, from entourer (“to surround”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

entourage in the wild

  • An entourage is an informal group or band of people who are closely associated with a (usually) famous, notorious, or otherwise notable individual.

    Entourage

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.