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up·hold·er
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Princeton's WordNet
upholder, maintainer, sustainernoun
someone who upholds or maintains
"firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
Wiktionary
upholdernoun
someone who upholds something
upholdernoun
a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholdster
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Upholdernoun
Etymology: from uphold.
Suppose then Atlas ne’er so wise:
Yet when the weight of kingdom lies
Too long upon his single shoulders,
Sink down he must, or find upholders. Jonathan Swift.The knowledge thereof is so many manuductions to the knowledge and admiration of the infinite wisdom of the creator and upholder of them. Matthew Hale.
The company of upholders have a right upon the bodies of the subjects. Arbuthnot.
Where the brass knocker wrapt in flannel band,
Forbids the thunder of the footman’s hand;
Th’ upholder, rueful harbinger of death,
Waits with impatience for the dying breath. John Gay.
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upholder
An upholder is a person who maintains, supports, or defends a particular principle, law, or point of view. They are often seen as a protector or advocate, especially in the context of moral or ethical standards. An upholder could also refer to a person who sustains or preserves an established institution or system.
Webster Dictionary
Upholdernoun
a broker or auctioneer; a tradesman
Upholdernoun
an undertaker, or provider for funerals
Upholdernoun
an upholsterer
Upholdernoun
one who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer
Editors Contribution
upholder
a frippery Who in the 1360s put up wall hangings He put them up and held them there up and hold. Upholder Like the word bespoke simply meaning it be.
Upholders today’s upholsterers and Furniture makers
Etymology: And old English word when the language was much more simple
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of upholder in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of upholder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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