"detainer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: detainers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman detener, from Old French detenir. By surface analysis, detain + -er (action noun suffix). First attested in the 17th century. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|xno|detener}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman detener, {{der|en|fro|detenir}} Old French detenir, {{surf|en|detain|-er|id2=action noun|pos2=action noun suffix}} By surface analysis, detain + -er (action noun suffix), {{etydate/the|17th century}} the 17th century, {{etydate|17th century}} First attested in the 17th century Head templates: {{en-noun}} detainer (plural detainers)
  1. (law) The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will. A type of custody. Categories (topical): Law Derived forms: unlawful detainer
    Sense id: en-detainer-en-noun-dtGn6bKr Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (action noun) Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: detainers [plural]
Etymology: From detain + -er (agent noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|detain|-er|id2=agent noun|pos2=agent noun suffix}} detain + -er (agent noun suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} detainer (plural detainers)
  1. One who detains.
    Sense id: en-detainer-en-noun-XPtwgzt0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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