retainer

Definition

Any thing or person that retains.

Etymology

From retain + -er.

Example Sentences

• "If they possessed the means to marshal labour, pile up food resources and provender armies of year-round retainers, what sort of royalty would consciously elect not to do so."
• "Of all this family lore I knew but little and vaguely; only what is to be gathered from the fireside talk of old retainers in the nursery."
• "This lawyer charges a retainer for his work."

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