retainer

retainer

noun

Definition of RETAINER

1

a person hired to perform household or personal services <knights being dressed for battle by their retainers>

Synonyms daily [British], domestic, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), lackey, menial, retainer, slavey, steward

Related Words butler, footman, groom, houseboy, houseman, majordomo, man, manservant, servitor, valet; handmaiden (also handmaid), housekeeper, housemaid, lady-in-waiting, maid, maidservant, wench, woman; assistant, attendant, companion, factotum, follower; dogsbody [chiefly British], drudge, gofer (or gopher)

Near Antonyms boss, captain, chief, foreman, head, headman, helmsman, kingpin, leader, taskmaster

Antonyms master, mistress

2

one who works for another for wages or a salary <lifelong civil service retainers>

Synonyms hand, hireling, jobholder, retainer, worker

Related Words assistant, cog, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), subordinate, underling, yes-man; drudge, gandy dancer, grub, hack, jobber, laborer, navvy [chiefly British], toiler; nine-to-fiver, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman; associate, colleague, coworker; temp, temporary

Near Antonyms boss, superior, supervisor

Antonyms employer, gaffer [British]