n. 1. One who, or that which, retains. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Law) (a) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause. (b) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right. (c) 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. Bouvier. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
[朝觐 / 朝覲, cháo jǐn, ㄔㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣˇ]to give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; Hajj (muslim's duty of pilgrimage to Mecca)#51236[Add to Longdo]
[さむらい(P);さぶらい, samurai (P); saburai](n) (1) warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (2) (さぶらい only) (arch) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer; (P)#4255[Add to Longdo]
[おみ;しん, omi ; shin](n) (1) (arch) retainer; attendant; (2) (おみ only) (See 八色の姓) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); (3) (しん only) (hum) I (used by a servant when speaking to his master); me#5262[Add to Longdo]
[えんばい, enbai](n) (1) (arch) (originally, esp. salt and plum vinegar) seasoning; flavour; flavor; (2) (arch) serving one's lord well (of a retainer)[Add to Longdo]
[ごようにん, goyounin](n) (hon) (See 用人・1) manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)[Add to Longdo]
[さむらいどころ;さぶらいどころ, samuraidokoro ; saburaidokoro](n) (1) (esp. さむらいどころ) Board of Retainers; Kamakura- and Muromachi-period government office; (2) (esp. さぶらいどころ) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)[Add to Longdo]
[しょうぎたい, shougitai](n) (See 上野戦争) Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno)[Add to Longdo]
[じょうづめ, joudume](n, vs) (1) (obsc) permanent staff; permanent employee; service for a fixed period of time; (n) (2) (arch) (Edo era) a daimyo or feudal retainer who lived and; or served in Edo for a fixed period of time[Add to Longdo]
[ひかん, hikan](n) (1) lower government office (ritsuryo period); (2) servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; (3) servant of an urban family; (4) (See 被官百姓) serf[Add to Longdo]
[へんきをたまう, henkiwotamau](exp, v5u) (arch) (of a nobleperson) to bestow one of the kanji in one's name upon someone (e.g. a meritorious retainer, a boy coming of age, etc.)[Add to Longdo]
[ようにん, younin](n) (1) (See 御用人) manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period); (2) useful person[Add to Longdo]