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 ]
[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) #4,255[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 #5,262[Add to Longdo]
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