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Upholder definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UPHOLDER, n.
1. One that upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
2. An undertaker; one who provides for funerals.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy" [syn: upholder, maintainer, sustainer]

Merriam Webster's

noun see uphold

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Upholder Up*hold"er, n. [Up + holder. Cf. Upholsterer.] 1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.] 2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.] The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. --Gay. 3. An upholsterer. [Obs.] 4. One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(upholders) An upholder of a particular tradition or system is someone who believes strongly in it and will support it when it is threatened. (FORMAL) ...upholders of the traditional family unit. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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