retainer

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
noun a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
noun a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment

From retain + -er.

No retainer had been paid. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
~Wendels~.--The people of Wulfgar, Hrothgar's messenger and retainer. — Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem, Unknown
All of them were old retainers of Captain Britten. — Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope, Victor Appleton

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