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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Retainer \Re*tain"er\, noun
1. One who, or that which, retains.
2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. --Cowell.
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.
5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
retainer
noun
1: a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone [syn: {consideration}]
2: a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) [syn: {servant}]
3: a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "retainer": account, adherent, allowance, appendage, assessment, bill, blackmail, blood money, dangler, dependent, emolument, fee, follower, footing, hanger-on, heeler, henchman, hush money, initiation fee, man, mileage, reckoning, retaining fee, satellite, scot, servant, shadow, stipend, tagtail, tribute, ward heeler
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