retainers
Example Sentences
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Having been absent for 20 years, he fears—and rightly—that he will be unrecognizable to family, retainers, and countrymen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
I updated her about retainers secured, projects completed, invoices sent out.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
The deals include "enhanced family provision entitlement, a bonus structure that rewards success against higher-ranked opposition, increases to the value of retainers and the equalisation of match fees with England men".
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023
And the actors could find midnight-zone depths even when the siblings and their retainers were at their shallowest.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2023
All those who had stood closest to her husband had gone with her when she fled: Jon's maester, his steward, the captain of his guard, his knights and retainers.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
