retentor

Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

retentor (plural retentors)

1. A muscle which holds a body part in place, notably in extended or retracted position

• rottener

Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

retentor m (plural retentoren or retentors or retentores, diminutive retentortje n)

1. (law) The holder of a right of retensio, i.e. to keep something one doesn't own

• retentie

From retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈten.tor/, [rɛˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈten.tor/, [reˈt̪ɛn̪t̪or]

retentor m (genitive retentōris); third declension

1. One who holds back; detainer, retainer

Third-declension noun.

• “retentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• retentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Borrowed from Latin retentōrem, from retentō (“to hold back, to hold fast”), from retineō (“to retain, to hold back”), from re- + teneō (“to hold”).

retentor m (plural retentores)

1. retainer (any thing or person that retains)
2. (law) holder (person who holds a property)

retentor (feminine retentora, masculine plural retentores, feminine plural retentoras)

1. retaining (that retains)

• reter