detainer (plural detainers)
(legal) The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will. A type of custody.
One who detains.
• Naderite, aditeren, antideer, redetain, retained
Source: Wiktionary
De*tain"er, n.
1. One who detains.
2. (Law) (a) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law. (b) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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