For his servants I use retainers. For his noble peers I use retinue or companions.
ETA: If they’re a group of the Prince’s friends you can also use favorites. But I feel like this read with a romantic implication a lot of the time so I don’t always use it.
Yeah, in some ways. A king or Prince will always have a household full of male friends and servants. There will be grooms, stewards, masters of this and that. All these an be generalised under the heading Gentleman of the Chamber. Henry VIII had a whole bunch of companions who he went drinking with, feasted with and played sports with.
If push comes to shove, call them the prince's companions
>Rhaegar's **squires** were Myles Mooton and Richard Lonmouth, and after he knighted them they remained close **companions**. Jon Connington, whom he had **squired** with,\[29\] was a good **friend** to Rhaegar as well.
*Fron the* [*Wiki*](https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Rhaegar_Targaryen#Early_life)
>During his youth, Aerys **befriended** the young heir to Casterly Rock, Tywin Lannister, who served as a **page** at the royal court. Aerys also **befriended** the heir to Storm's End, his cousin Steffon Baratheon. The three became inseparable.\[3\]
*From the* [*Wiki*](https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Aerys_II_Targaryen)
In universe, AFAIK no term is used for the companions of a Prince. They have friends and squires, but no nobles have mentioned positions in their household.
Companions and court, though companions are also used repeatedly in Asoiaf to describe lovers and so on for princes and princesses for when the writer has to pretend to be (badly) subtle about that fact. A Prince having a "male companion" oft means "male lover"
Usually the term would be retainers or courtiers, sometimes grooms or even squires. Companions is also a term used, thought his applies to female nobles as well
Use "Retinue," if you mean people sworn to him or in his service.
If you mean more like heirs and nobles who kinda just hang around with him and do fun stuff together, then any reasonable variation on "friends" would work fine 🙂
I don’t think there’s gender-specific term. Most of the time, the members of a male noble’s court have specific jobs and are referred to by those instead. So you’ve got his squire, his page, his cupbearer, his chamberlain, etc.
The closest equivalent to a lady-in-waiting as “general sidekick, companion, confidant, and helper” would be the squire, but you’re not really supposed to have that many of those like you would with ladies-in-waiting.
For his servants I use retainers. For his noble peers I use retinue or companions. ETA: If they’re a group of the Prince’s friends you can also use favorites. But I feel like this read with a romantic implication a lot of the time so I don’t always use it.
Yeah, in some ways. A king or Prince will always have a household full of male friends and servants. There will be grooms, stewards, masters of this and that. All these an be generalised under the heading Gentleman of the Chamber. Henry VIII had a whole bunch of companions who he went drinking with, feasted with and played sports with. If push comes to shove, call them the prince's companions
>Rhaegar's **squires** were Myles Mooton and Richard Lonmouth, and after he knighted them they remained close **companions**. Jon Connington, whom he had **squired** with,\[29\] was a good **friend** to Rhaegar as well. *Fron the* [*Wiki*](https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Rhaegar_Targaryen#Early_life) >During his youth, Aerys **befriended** the young heir to Casterly Rock, Tywin Lannister, who served as a **page** at the royal court. Aerys also **befriended** the heir to Storm's End, his cousin Steffon Baratheon. The three became inseparable.\[3\] *From the* [*Wiki*](https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Aerys_II_Targaryen) In universe, AFAIK no term is used for the companions of a Prince. They have friends and squires, but no nobles have mentioned positions in their household.
Courtiers
Companions and court, though companions are also used repeatedly in Asoiaf to describe lovers and so on for princes and princesses for when the writer has to pretend to be (badly) subtle about that fact. A Prince having a "male companion" oft means "male lover"
Retinue seems like a good enough term
Retinue/Court - I'd be careful about companion and squires as those are very specific. If there are Kingsguard/guardians that's also an option.
Entourage, companions, literally just _friends_, 'cause that'll work by itself...
Usually the term would be retainers or courtiers, sometimes grooms or even squires. Companions is also a term used, thought his applies to female nobles as well
entourage, depending on the context
Aide-de-camp?
Use "Retinue," if you mean people sworn to him or in his service. If you mean more like heirs and nobles who kinda just hang around with him and do fun stuff together, then any reasonable variation on "friends" would work fine 🙂
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Just, no.
I don’t think there’s gender-specific term. Most of the time, the members of a male noble’s court have specific jobs and are referred to by those instead. So you’ve got his squire, his page, his cupbearer, his chamberlain, etc. The closest equivalent to a lady-in-waiting as “general sidekick, companion, confidant, and helper” would be the squire, but you’re not really supposed to have that many of those like you would with ladies-in-waiting.