Hand and Retainer

Hand

Hand noun - One who works for another for wages or a salary.

Usage example: the restaurant always hires several more hands for the busy summer season

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Retainer and hand are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retainer" instead a noun "Hand".

Nearby Words: handle, handy, handed, handful, handhold

Retainer noun - One who works for another for wages or a salary.

Usage example: lifelong civil service retainers

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Hand and retainer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hand" instead a noun "Retainer".

Nearby Words: retain, retained, retaining

human	human hand	human retainer
good	good hand	good retainer
full	full hand	full retainer
dead	dead hand	dead retainer
Other adjectives: single, new, major.

Nishiki from Kamisama Kiss mainly due to the influence of his family retainer and right-hand man.

Source: Spoiled Brat
In David Drake's RCN series, Daniel Leary's retainer, Hogg, experienced poacher, uses lead weights on the end of monofilament fishing line for striking, restraints, and once severed a hand from a wrist.

Source: Razor Floss

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