upholder
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English uphold Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English upholder From uphold + -er.
- Someone who upholds something.
“an upholder of ethical principles”
“Libraries have been burnt and whole religious movements wiped out because their belief and myths have been considered to be of dubious origin by the upholders of orthodoxy[.]”
- A dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholdster.