Retainers

Examples

• Though they lived at a distance from his house, they were equally dependent upon him as his retainers who lived in it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Their retainers became consequently less numerous, and, by degrees, dwindled away altogether. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Four pigeon-breasted retainers in plain clothes stand in line in the hall. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Amidst the vast ruins of the city of Rome half-independent families of quasi-noble adventurers and their retainers maintained themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Unimportant people slept about anywhere as retainers did in the medi?val castles and as people still do in Indian households. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such local nobles would assemble bands of retainers and build themselves strongholds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such a proprietor, as he feeds his servants and retainers at his own house, so he feeds his tenants at their houses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The occupiers of land were in every respect as dependent upon the great proprietor as his retainers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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