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A retinue of attendants, associates or followers
Plural for a fee paid in advance to someone in order to secure their services
“A solicitor who accepts a retainer owes a duty of care to his client.”
Plural for a servant, especially one who has worked for a person or family for a long time
“She spent most of her time in a windowless kitchen, conversing in a low voice with her faithful family retainer of over fifty years.”
Plural for someone who is employed in a regular job
“From age twenty-two, he worked as a retainer for five different samurai families.”
Plural for one who keeps land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor
Plural for money paid for work or a service
Plural for the membership fees paid to a society
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