1
as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services
knights being dressed for battle by their retainers
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2
as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
lifelong civil service retainers
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Recent Examples of retainer
The photo below also shows the undersides of the top radiator mount and adjustable graphics card retainer, with one of the retainer’s fingers extended.
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Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
Try Consulting Leverage your brain capital for consulting and contract retainer work.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Old Hamlet’s retainers acquired crumbling public housing estates turning out occupants enabling them to build showy apartments for cash buyers.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Terrell demanded a $100,000 retainer.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
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Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
Try Consulting Leverage your brain capital for consulting and contract retainer work.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Old Hamlet’s retainers acquired crumbling public housing estates turning out occupants enabling them to build showy apartments for cash buyers.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Terrell demanded a $100,000 retainer.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for retainer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retainer
Noun
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Nonetheless, the two become close, to the degree that they are compared to Don Quixote and his faithful servant Sancho Panza.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Their society was hierarchical, with those below the caciques known as the nitaínos (elites), behiques (perhaps shamans), and the naborías (usually servants and commoners).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Paying the price for the company’s decisions are the 70 full-time park employees and hundreds of seasonal workers, along with the hundreds of thousands of annual guests who will have one less form of affordable entertainment.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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Intel now counts 88,400 employees—down from 124,100 this time last year.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Luckily, Hero is on hand, and as Jerome extends his stay ever longer — hence the 100 nights of the title — Cherry’s maid offers to provide distractions.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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Like marmalade, said to be from Marie est malade, the words whispered to a seasick Mary Queen of Scots by her maid, presumably while munching marmalade on toast.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The White Lotus season 1 centered on a group of guests and workers at the Hawaii location of the titular luxury resort chain.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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Reich said Lauren Spors began to scream and threaten those around her, prompting a county worker to call the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Retainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retainer. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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