Lectionary Calendar
Monday, April 7th, 2025
the Fifth Week of Lent
the Fifth Week of Lent
There are 13 days til Easter!
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Bible Dictionaries
Retainer
Webster's Dictionary
Search for
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(1):
(n.) One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
(2):
(n.) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; - called also retaining fee.
(3):
(n.) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
(4):
(n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
(5):
(n.) One who, or that which, retains.
(6):
(n.) Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
(7):
(n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retainer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/retainer.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retainer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/retainer.html. 1828.