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# retainer

«retainer» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old word for a servant or follower who serves a lord…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (retainers)

### meaning for a pupil

A retainer is an old word for a servant or follower who serves a lord or noble family. (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retainer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories and fairy tales the lord's loyal followers, who go where he goes and obey him

### examples

- The retainers went out and brought the impostor before their lord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retainer/#x1)
- His special retainers were the bear, the deer and the hare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retainer/#x2)
- The lady's retainers carried her sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retainer/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «retainer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retainer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.