(of retainers)

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• Retainers —    In the social system known as BASTARD FEUDALISM, members of the PEERAGE and GENTRY recruited sworn followers known as retainers to provide a particular type of service in return for monetary fees or the exercise of the lord’s influence on… …   Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses

• retainers — re tain·er || rɪ teɪnÉ™(r) n. person or thing which retains; servant, household employee; initial fee paid in order to obtain services from a professional (such as a lawyer); dental device used to hold teeth in place after straightening… …   English contemporary dictionary

• japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …   Universalium

• Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …   Universalium

• Society and culture of the Han Dynasty — A Western Han jade carved door knocker with designs of Chinese dragons (and two other jade figurines) The Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) was a period of ancient China divided by the Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) and Eastern Han (25–220 CE) periods …   Wikipedia

• Retainer (orthodontics) — Top (left) and bottom (right) Hawley retainers Vacuum form retainer in the foreground …   Wikipedia

• Retainer (orthodontic device) — Orthodontic retainers are custom made devices, made usually of wires or clear plastic, that hold teeth in position after surgery or any method of closing spaces between teeth. They are most often used before or after dental braces to hold teeth… …   Wikipedia

• List of characters in Game of Thrones — The characters from the American medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones are based on their respective counterparts from author George R. R. Martin s A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels. The series follows a civil war for the Iron… …   Wikipedia

• Tales of Old Japan — is an anthology of short stories, compiled by Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name of A.B. Mitford. These stories focus on the varying aspects of Japanese life in centuries past. The book, which… …   Wikipedia

• Fukuoka Castle — (福岡城 jō) is a Japanese castle located in Chūō ku, Fukuoka, Japan. The castle is also known as Maizuru Castle (舞鶴城 jō) or Seki Castle (石城 jō). Completed in the early Edo period for tozama daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa, it has been decreed a historic site …   Wikipedia

• Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura — Infobox Play | name = Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees 義経千本桜 caption = writer = Takeda Izumo II Miyoshi Shōraku Namiki Senryū I chorus = characters = Yoshitsune, Benkei, Shizuka, Tomomori, Koremori, Noritsune, Tadanobu, others mute =… …   Wikipedia