Retainer and Slave

Retainer

Retainer noun - A person hired to perform household or personal services.

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Slave and retainer are semantically related in servant topic. In some cases you can use "Slave" instead a noun "Retainer".

Nearby Words: retain, retained, retaining

Slave

Slave noun - A person who is considered the property of another person.

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Retainer and slave are semantically related in servant topic. You can use "Retainer" instead a noun "Slave", if it concerns topics such as person who serves.

Nearby Words: slavish, slaver, slavery, slaved, slaving

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How words are described

human	human retainer	human slave
good	good retainer	good slave
female	female retainer	female slave
trusted	trusted retainer	trusted slave
Other adjectives: single, loyal, beautiful, personal, new, former, mere.

Both words in one sentence

Old Retainer: Uncle Cato, who has served the Marsden family for years, would be this, if he weren't actually a freaking slave.

Source: Film / Jezebel
Old Retainer: Basil's slave in Sargasso of Lost Starships Portal Network: In The Enemy Stars (1958), mankind has maintained a program to deploy a portal network for centuries — while civilizations rose and fell on Earth — using STL ships to deliver portals to other solar systems.

Source: Creator / Poul Anderson

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