The gentry would not speak to him, his own retainers viewed him with a cold, if not hostile, eye, and rendered him but bare obedience.
Mr. Froude was in the dining-room talking to Babbage, and the hounds on the lawn, when one of his rascally retainers ran in to inform the rector that the Bishop was in the village inquiring for the rectory.
How many Of your immediateretainers shall Escort you?
The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating.
At the last of these little villages, called Pushkoom, we pitched our camp, the retainers taking a fancy to the place from the promise it gave of abundant supplies.
For the first time during our travels, the retainersturned a little rusty to-day.
Towards night it came on again to snow, and the coolies and retainershad another hard bivouac of it, while F.
At Lamieroo, we found a great change in the temperature; a strong cold breeze blowing, and a general winteriness prevailing, which affected our retainers considerably more than it did ourselves.
The domestics and a herd of retainers were lodged in the four lower rooms of the tower, a quantity of straw constituting their bed-furniture.
And our weapons of war we keep to ourselves--except when there is a raid and our loyal retainersgo forth with us to do battle.
He was one of many here in this realm; each had his little domain, with his retainers cultivating his land, paying fees to him so that the overlord lived in princely idleness.
His retainers discovered the fatal Casket full of Mary's alleged letters to Bothwell, and he was one of the most ardent of her prosecutors.
Morton sent Archibald Douglas (the blackest traitor of the age) and two other retainers to seize the men.
We know not on what authority it was compiled, but Lennox, on June 11, had asked his retainers to ascertain some of the dates contained in this 'Journal.
On March 25, Bothwell visited Knox (whose ancestors had been retainers of the House of Hepburn), and invited the Reformer to reconcile him with Arran.
Badges, on the other hand, were household emblems, worn by all the followers andretainers of the lord.
And Colonna rode out, meaning to go to the Pope, but his retainers mounted their horses and rode swiftly by another way and met him, and forced him back.
The lowing of the cattle roused him up, and with his retainers he drove off the marauders, while his lady watched the fight from the battlement of the Tower.
The scene of the opera is laid in Austria, and the first act introduces us to the château and grounds of Count Arnheim, Governor of Presburg, whose retainers are preparing for the chase.
A group of retainers stood irregularly about the outer gate of Balmaghie when Wat rode up.
But then that is not the only happiness in store for the friends and retainers of Don Alonso.
He summoned to his ranks all the friends over whom he possessed power, and the retainersof various noble families with whom he was in alliance.
And at its summons all the old retainers of the abbot press to the gate, and sue for admittance, but in vain.
Within the great hall were already gathered the retainers of the Earl of Derby, but the nobleman himself had not appeared.
All the herdsmen and farmers had been retainers of the abbot.
And as Demdike bowed, and departed with the officer, the earl sat down with his retainers to break his fast.
In former times, we have all read, kings were wont on occasion to ask useful retainers if they had anything to solicit in the way of favours.
Among otherretainers to the establishment, Henry suppressed a singular little personage, entitled the Boy-Bishop.
In the Revestry, a yeoman and two grooms: then were there divers retainers of cunning singing men, that came thither at divers sundry principal feasts.
Fortifying himself in the almost impregnable fastness of Palestrina, he had assembled around him all the retainers of his family, and his lawless soldiery now ravaged the neighbouring plains far and wide.
But we must not offend him, you know: all my retainers would desert me, or sell me to the Orsini, or cut my throat, if he but held up his finger.
Presently I came upon a band of the retainers of the Savelli.
His retainers wait at entrance below while he advances] Ban.
It was then approaching sundown, but none of the retainers or villagers dared rescue the imprisoned ones that night, for fear of Robin Hood's men.
And he nodded scornfully to the three other archers who were surrounded by their admirers, and were being made much of by retainers of the Sheriff, the Bishop, and the Earl.
The other nobles lived for the most part on their domains, but took the field at the head of their retainers in case of war, and in peace sometimes served the offices of satrap, vizier, or royal councillor.
Each stood at the head of a body of retainersaccustomed to bear arms and to serve in the wars of the Empire.
Set your retainers to watch for him—have him captured—and lock him up for life in one of the dungeons which he himself doubtless rendered serviceable to his own purposes on more than one occasion.
Accordingly, Frank Curtis stood behind the front door, poker in hand, as the redoubtable officer issued forth; but the coast was clear so far as the retainers of the Sheriff were concerned; and the peace of the garrison remained unmolested.
Wilton followed, bearing a large basket; and two more of the Black's retainers brought up the rear, one carrying a naked cutlass and the other a pair of loaded pistols in their hands.
The woman was entering into farther details, when Wilton and another of the retainers of Jeffreys' mysterious master entered the parlour of the Stout House, both disguised as servants out of place.
The retainersof the house of Montfaucon followed him proudly and silently.
Strange rumours were brought by the retainers who had fled from it, that the evil spirit had obtained complete power over Sintram, that no man could stay with him, and that the fidelity of the dark mysterious castellan had cost him his life.
On either side there were long tables, at which sat the retainers of both knights in full armour, according to the custom of the North.
Biorn's retainers rose with reverence, and took off their helmets; Biorn himself did the same.
Another time he would have the spacious halls of the castle prepared for his armedretainers to go through their warlike exercises, and Gabrielle always adjudged the reward to the conqueror.
Sintram gave his horse hastily to some retainers in the court-yard, and ran up the steps, whilst Skovmark stayed by the well-known horse.
At the same time she heard the sound of the heavy tread of armed men in the echoing halls, and, on inquiring, found that the Knight of Montfaucon had assembled all hisretainers to be in readiness to protect their lady.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "retainers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: entourage; suite; train
