What does retainer mean?
Retainer means Any thing or person that retains..
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/ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/ · noun
Any thing or person that retains..
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.
You give me head / It makes it worse / Take out your fuckin' retainer / Put it in your purse
Use retainer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Retainer means Any thing or person that retains..
Common synonyms include consideration, servant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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