Retainer

Quick meaning: Retainer is a noun meaning Any thing or person that retains.

Meaning

Any thing or person that retains.

More Meanings

1. A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
2. A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
3. A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
4. (dentistry) A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.
5. (rail transport, mechanical engineering) A retaining valve.

Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

• retainers

Synonyms for retainer

Depending on context, synonyms include consideration, servant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include consideration, servant, retention, retaining, retrieval, fixing.

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