detainer
English
noun
Definitions
- (legal) The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will. A type of custody.
- One who detains.
Etymology
Suffix from English detain.
Origin
English
detain
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Cognates and derived terms
- detain English
- detainable English
- detainee English
- detainest English
- detaineth English
- detainment English
- redetain English
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- deteni Esperanto