Retinue of sheep and I have a learning contract (11)
I believe the answer is:
traineeship
'a learning contract' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'retinue of sheep and i' is the wordplay.
'retinue' becomes 'train' (both can mean people following an important person).
'of' is an anagram indicator (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sheep' after 'i' is 'isheep'.
'isheep' is an anagram of 'eeship'.
'train'+'eeship'='TRAINEESHIP'
'have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for traineeship that I've seen is " learning on the job".)