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Retainer

RETA'INER, n. 1. One who retains; as an executor, who retains a debt due from the testator. 2. One who is kept in service; an attendant; as the retainers of the ancient princes and nobility. 3. An adherent; a...

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RETA'INER, n.

1. One who retains; as an executor, who retains a debt due from the testator.

2. One who is kept in service; an attendant; as the retainers of the ancient princes and nobility.

3. An adherent; a dependant; a hanger on.

4. A servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.

5. Among lawyers, a fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause.

6. The act of keeping dependents, or being in dependence.

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