How do you use the word "retainer" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "retainer" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "retainer": They met at the estate of the shogun's retainer to play a game of cards. Since the operation, he's been wearing a neon pink retainer.

Retainer Meaning

/ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny thing or person that retains.

nounA dependent or follower of someone of rank.

Sentence Examples

They met at the estate of the shogun's retainer to play a game of cards.

Since the operation, he's been wearing a neon pink retainer.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

consideration

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

We paid a monthly ____ to keep the lawyer available for our case.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The law firm charged a monthly ____ to be available for legal advice whenever the client needed it.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree English retain Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English retainer From retain + -er.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 2021 October 19, David Graeber, David Wengrowr, “Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past”, in The Guardian, UK:

"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." — 1865, Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:

"You give me head / It makes it worse / Take out your fuckin' retainer / Put it in your purse" — 1981, “Too Drunk to Fuck”, performed by Dead Kennedys:

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