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The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.
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Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
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One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.
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The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
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One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.
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A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.
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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.
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The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
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One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
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The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
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A domestic servant; a retainer.
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The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.
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One who, or that which, retains.
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The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
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One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n.
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The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
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One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.
v. i.
To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
n.
A servant; a retainer.
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