Retainer and Staff

Retainer

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

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

Nearby Words: retain, retained, retaining

Staff noun - A body of persons at work or available for work.

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Retainer and staff are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Retainer" with "Staff", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: staffed, staffer, staffing

human	human retainer	human staff
female	female retainer	female staff
full	full retainer	full staff
single	single retainer	single staff
Other adjectives: personal, new, senior, former, official.

Old Retainer with Parental Substitute - Impa, Zelda's chief of staff, has helped raised Zelda since she was born, and still provides motherly advice along with political ones for her princess.

Source: Fanfic / Exoria
Over the years, he confronts and solves mysteries ranging from conspiracies against the throne to domestic disputes, with the help of his small staff of assistants: Hoong Liang - An old family retainer who the Judge appoints his sergeant of the tribunal.

Source: Literature / Judge Dee
Old Retainer: The Wolfdown staff and all ducal servants are close; Rose James at the Rectory though is absolutely this.

Source: Literature / Evensong

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