retainer

UK /ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/ US /ɹɪˈteɪn.ɚ/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

Any thing or person that retains.

2

A dependent or follower of someone of rank.

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.

3

A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.

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.

4

A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.

This lawyer charges a retainer for his work.

5

A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.

You give me head / It makes it worse / Take out your fuckin' retainer / Put it in your purse

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