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 →

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 →
• His special retainers were the bear, the deer and the hare. tree →
• The lady's retainers carried her sword. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «retainer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.