A person who accompanies another as an attendant, servant, companion, etc.
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| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] (128) followereOE A person who accompanies another as an attendant, servant, companion, etc. youngereOE A follower, a disciple; a servant, a subordinate; (more generally) a person who is lower in rank. Cf. junior, n. 1a. Obsolete. retenantc1390 = retainer, n.2 1a. suitora1398 An adherent or follower; a disciple. Also: a member of a retinue. Obsolete. waitera1500 A man (more rarely, a woman) whose office or privilege it is to attend upon a superior. A regular member (often a person of high rank) of the… retainer1508 Originally: a dependant or follower of a sovereign or noble, who gives service in return for money, patronage, or protection; cf. retainder, n. 2b… pursuivant1513 A follower; an attendant. Also figurative. villein1534 A servant, a retainer. Obsolete. rare. consequent1550 A person who follows or comes after; a follower; also, one who pursues. Obsolete. backmanc1560 A follower, retainer, attendant. janissary1565 In various allusive and figurative uses, from preceding senses. jackman1566 An attendant or retainer kept by a nobleman or landowner; an armed servant. hensure1568 Meaning uncertain: perhaps originally ‘a retainer’ and in later use ‘a swaggering young man’. belonger1577 With to, unto. A person who is dependent on another; an adherent, a follower. Obsolete. lackey1588 figurative. †A constant follower (obsolete); one who is servilely obsequious, a toady. sequent1598 A follower, attendant. Obsolete. rare. pedissequant1607 A follower, an attendant. henchman1754 A high-ranking officer in the retinue of a Scottish Highland chief, serving as his closest attendant, private secretary, and personal bodyguard… gesith1861 An attendant or companion of a king; hence, like medieval Latin comes count, n.2, used as a designation of rank. ministerialis1888 In certain feudal systems, notably in Germany: a non-noble retainer or official, originally of unfree status, with obligations of household and… Subcategories:— position or system of (2) — collective or retinue (35) — of Highland chief (3) — of Frankish princes (1) — at a Scandinavian Thing (1) — faithful or devoted (6) — low, venal, or unscrupulous (5) — armed retainer or bodyguard (16) — dependant (17) — one who waits in the presence of superior (3) — courtier (19) |
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