retnr.
retnr. is the abbreviation of retainer.
Meaning of retainer
Noun
retainer (plural retainers)
- Any thing or person that retains.
- A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
- If they possessed the means to marshal labour, pile up food resources and provender armies of year-round retainers, what sort of royalty would consciously elect not to do so.2021 October 19, David Graeber, David Wengrowr, “Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past”, in The Guardian, UK
- A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
- Of all this family lore I knew but little and vaguely; only what is to be gathered from the fireside talk of old retainers in the nursery.1865, Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas
- A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
- This lawyer charges a retainer for his work.
- A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.
- You give me head / It makes it worse / Take out your fuckin' retainer / Put it in your purse1981, “Too Drunk to Fuck”, performed by Dead Kennedys
- A retaining valve.
Forms of retnr.
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Questions about retnr.
- What is retnr. the abbreviation of?
- Retnr. is the abbreviation of retainer.
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