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retnr.

retnr. is the abbreviation of retainer.

Meaning of retainer

Noun

retainer (plural retainers)

  1. Any thing or person that retains.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
    • This lawyer charges a retainer for his work.
  5. 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
  6. A retaining valve.

Forms of retnr.

pluralretnrs.

Questions about retnr.

What is retnr. the abbreviation of?
Retnr. is the abbreviation of retainer.

Words near retnr. in the dictionary

  1. retitles
  2. retitling
  3. retitlings
  4. Retjenu
  5. RETMA
  6. retnr.
  7. retnrs.
  8. retoast
  9. retoasted
  10. retoasting
  11. retoasts

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