retainer

retainer is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] One who, or that which, retains.

[2] One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.

[3] Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master`s livery. Cowell.

[4] The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. Bacon.

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