Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In candle-making, a little disk, usually of tin-plate or plaster of Paris, which serves to support in an upright position the wick of a night-light, and prevents its falling over when the light has nearly burned out.
- noun One who or that which sustains.
- noun A sufferer.
- noun In entomology, same as
sustentor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, sustains.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
sustains .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who upholds or maintains
Etymologies
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Examples
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Woman as life-giver, nurturer, life-sustainer is obscene.
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Aside from stints volunteering at the Oregon Food Bank, which he calls "one of the absolute best," Manuel also holds the position of a food bank sustainer, meaning that he automatically donates money to the bank each month from his bank account.
HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Oliver Manuel, Helping Community Groups Build Websites The Huffington Post 2010
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Aside from stints volunteering at the Oregon Food Bank, which he calls "one of the absolute best," Manuel also holds the position of a food bank sustainer, meaning that he automatically donates money to the bank each month from his bank account.
HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Oliver Manuel, Helping Community Groups Build Websites The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Aside from stints volunteering at the Oregon Food Bank, which he calls "one of the absolute best," Manuel also holds the position of a food bank sustainer, meaning that he automatically donates money to the bank each month from his bank account.
HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Oliver Manuel, Helping Community Groups Build Websites The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Aside from stints volunteering at the Oregon Food Bank, which he calls "one of the absolute best," Manuel also holds the position of a food bank sustainer, meaning that he automatically donates money to the bank each month from his bank account.
HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Oliver Manuel, Helping Community Groups Build Websites The Huffington Post 2010
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Manuel also holds the position of a food bank sustainer, meaning that he automatically donates money to the bank each month from his bank account.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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Similarly, SpaceX is doing wonders in a hurry, but it is technology from at least 40 years ago (think Atlas sustainer).
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I'm saying that all the empirical evidence we have supports and reinforces the (already sound) metaphysical position that being only comes from being, that act is before potency, and that God is the source and sustainer of all that is.
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Owned media, deployed so it is easily shared and commented on, is the sole reliable sustainer of earned media.
Kirk Cheyfitz: Advertising's Future Is 3 Simple Words: Paid. Owned. Earned. Kirk Cheyfitz 2010
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And in the Vedas, Prithivim Dharmanaa Dhritam, signifies dharma as sustainer.
Pankaj Jain, Ph.D.: Jain Dharma Goes Beyond Religion Ph.D. Pankaj Jain 2011
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