They met at the estate of the shogun's retainer to play a game of cards.
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Retainer
//ɹɪˈteɪn.ə//
Synonyms for "retainer" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (28)
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5 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 17 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- নওকর noun (paid servant)
Bulgarian
4 entries- васал noun (dependent or follower)
- задръжка noun (any thing or person that retains)
- предплата noun (fee)
- слуга noun (dependent or follower)
Dutch
1 entries- retentiebeugel noun (dentistry: device)
Egyptian
2 entries- Sms-w noun (dependent or follower)
- Sms-w noun (paid servant)
Esperanto
1 entries- akompananto noun (dependent or follower)
Finnish
4 entries- ennakkomaksu noun (fee)
- ennakkopalkkio noun (fee)
- hammastuki noun (dentistry: device)
- palvelija noun (paid servant)
French
4 entries- avance noun (fee)
- contention noun (dentistry: device)
- faux-palais noun (dentistry: device)
- serviteur noun (paid servant)
German
4 entries- Bediensteter noun (paid servant)
- Dienstmann noun (dependent or follower)
- Gefolgsmann noun (dependent or follower)
- Retainer noun (dentistry: device)
Japanese
2 entries- 家来 noun (dependent or follower)
- 臣下 noun (paid servant)
Manx
1 entries- argid kianglee noun (fee)
Middle English
1 entries- hirdman noun (dependent or follower)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- regulering noun (dentistry: device)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- regulering noun (dentistry: device)
Polish
1 entries- aparat ortodontyczny noun (dentistry: device)
Portuguese
2 entries- aparelho noun (dentistry: device)
- retentor noun (any thing or person that retains)
Russian
2 entries- предвари́тельный гонора́р noun (fee)
- слуга́ noun (paid servant)
Spanish
3 entries- anticipo noun (fee)
- criado noun (paid servant)
- retenedor noun (dentistry: device)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Since the operation, he's been wearing a neon pink retainer.
Source: tatoeba (11002961)
The Georgia Tech team also is trying to place the magnetic sensors into a dental retainer, getting rid of the headset.
Source: tatoeba (11183771)
If they possessed the means to marshal labour, pile up food resources and provender armies of year-round retainers, what sort of royalty would consciously elect not to do so.
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