retainers

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Retainers of $100,000 a month are few and far between.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2018

Although General Retainers are much less general than formerly, they are by no means obsolete.

From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy

Retainers and guards, slaves and soldiers, and even women, were lounging about, and a beautiful tame little pet roedeer played with the pretty children in bright coloured dresses, clustering under the cavernous archway.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John

Retainers in the households of the wealthy, were provided with surcoats and mantles twice a year, of their patron's favourite colour, and this was called the livr�e, from a French word signifying to distribute.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary

Retainers were now soldiers, and now labourers, as the day required.

From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert