Upholder
[ʌp'hәuldә]
Definition
(noun.) someone who upholds or maintains; 'firm upholders of tradition'; 'they are sustainers of the idea of democracy'.
Editor: Sharon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.
(n.) An undertaker, or provider for funerals.
(n.) An upholsterer.
(n.) One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
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Examples
- I support the man who supports their claims; not the virtuous upholder of the wrong. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Popes have long been the patrons and preservers of art, just as our new, practical Republic is the encourager and upholder of mechanics. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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