| 释义 |
reˈtainership
[f. prec. + -ship.]
The state or position of being a retainer; the system of having retainers.
1570Levins Manip. 141 A Reteynership, clientela. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. viii. viii. (1864) V. 31 His household was on a scale vast even for that age of unbounded retainership. 1868Daily Tel. 7 Sept., With the farce of retainership, the Highland ‘gatherings’ are an insult to manhood. |
