英语词汇“old retainer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Originally: a dependant or follower of a sovereign or noble, who gives service in return for money, patronage, or protection; cf. retainder n. 2b. Later also: a servant, esp. one who has worked for a family for a long time (also old retainer). Now chiefly historical.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun]

followereOE

youngereOE

retenantc1390

suitora1398

waitera1500

retainer1508

pursuivant1513

villein1534

consequent1550

backmanc1560

janissary1565

jackman1566

hensure1568

belonger1577

lackey1588

sequent1598

pedissequant1607

henchman1754

gesith1861

ministerialis1888

1508 in H. Maule Reg. de Panmure (1874) II. 275 Hereafter I become man and retainer, both in houshald and out-with houshald till the said Sir Thomas.

1540 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 267 I resayuyd thayr Chyldren and Freendes not as Retaynours.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes The retainer doth some seruice, that now and then but holds your Honors styrrop.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Lll3^v/2 Retainer..signifieth in the common law, a seruant not meniall nor familiar, that is not continually dwelling in the house of his Lord or Master, but onely vsing, or bearing his name or liuery.

1661 E. Leigh Choice Observ. Kings Eng. 156 Henry the seventh..conceiving, that those which exalted him [sc. the nobles] might cast him down, did abate their power, and made Statutes against Retainers.

1732 J. Swift Lady's Dressing Room 18 Since you could see me treated so, an old Retainer of your House.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. vi, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 439 This design was revealed to the two earls by one of Morton's retainers.

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. viii. 254 None have resided there but great men and their retainers, who are drawn thither by the court.

1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xxi. 551 A swarm of armed retainers whom the lord could not control, and whom he conceived himself bound to protect.

a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) ii. vi. 371 She lingered to speak to an old retainer at the bottom of the aisle.

1982 S. K. Penman Sunne in Splendour (1984) i. iv. 59 Cecily Neville stood with her daughter..surrounded by retainers clad in the blue and murrey of York.

2001 J. McGowan Echoes Savage Land (2006) xi. 358 Their ghosts and the ghosts of their retainers often remained in the crumbling ‘big houses’ and deserted mansions.

单词	old retainer
释义	> as lemmas old retainer a. Originally: a dependant or follower of a sovereign or noble, who gives service in return for money, patronage, or protection; cf. retainder n. 2b. Later also: a servant, esp. one who has worked for a family for a long time (also old retainer). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] followereOE youngereOE retenantc1390 suitora1398 waitera1500 retainer1508 pursuivant1513 villein1534 consequent1550 backmanc1560 janissary1565 jackman1566 hensure1568 belonger1577 lackey1588 sequent1598 pedissequant1607 henchman1754 gesith1861 ministerialis1888 1508 in H. Maule Reg. de Panmure (1874) II. 275 Hereafter I become man and retainer, both in houshald and out-with houshald till the said Sir Thomas. 1540 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 267 I resayuyd thayr Chyldren and Freendes not as Retaynours. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes The retainer doth some seruice, that now and then but holds your Honors styrrop. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Lll3^v/2 Retainer..signifieth in the common law, a seruant not meniall nor familiar, that is not continually dwelling in the house of his Lord or Master, but onely vsing, or bearing his name or liuery. 1661 E. Leigh Choice Observ. Kings Eng. 156 Henry the seventh..conceiving, that those which exalted him [sc. the nobles] might cast him down, did abate their power, and made Statutes against Retainers. 1732 J. Swift Lady's Dressing Room 18 Since you could see me treated so, an old Retainer of your House. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. vi, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 439 This design was revealed to the two earls by one of Morton's retainers. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. viii. 254 None have resided there but great men and their retainers, who are drawn thither by the court. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xxi. 551 A swarm of armed retainers whom the lord could not control, and whom he conceived himself bound to protect. a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) ii. vi. 371 She lingered to speak to an old retainer at the bottom of the aisle. 1982 S. K. Penman Sunne in Splendour (1984) i. iv. 59 Cecily Neville stood with her daughter..surrounded by retainers clad in the blue and murrey of York. 2001 J. McGowan Echoes Savage Land (2006) xi. 358 Their ghosts and the ghosts of their retainers often remained in the crumbling ‘big houses’ and deserted mansions. extracted from retainern.² < as lemmas
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