Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-TAIN'ER
DE-TAIN'ER, n.
- One who withholds what belongs to another; one who detains, stops, or prevents from going.
- In law, a holding, or keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, though the original taking may be lawful. – Blackstone.
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