[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]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Retainer \Re*tain"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, retains.
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2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an
adherent; a hanger-on.
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3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally
attending and wearing his master's livery. --Cowell.
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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.
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5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in
dependence. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retainer
n 1: a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
[syn: {retainer}, {consideration}]
2: a person working in the service of another (especially in the
household) [syn: {servant}, {retainer}]
3: a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in
position after orthodontic treatment
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
