Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who undertakes or carries on a business; a tradesman; a broker; a dealer, especially a dealer in small wares.
- noun An undertaker; one who has charge of funerals.
- noun An upholsterer.
- noun One who upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer: as, an upholder of religious freedom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.
- noun obsolete An undertaker, or provider for funerals.
- noun obsolete An upholsterer.
- noun One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who
upholds something - noun obsolete a
dealer insecondhand furniture andclothes ; an upholdster
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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Remember which Pacquiao upholder is the lawyer as well LOL. hotcouponoffers onNovember 15th, 2009 4: 39 am
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Remember which Pacquiao upholder is the lawyer as well LOL. hotcouponoffers onNovember 15th, 2009 4: 39 am
Floyd Mayweather Sr. doesn't want his son to face Pacquiao | Now ... admin 2009
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The French Revolution made an end of that old distinction in which the Tory was known as the upholder of Crown-prerogative and the Whig as the supporter of a constitutional oligarchy of great families.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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But now they don't have the Heff, for yesterday the venerable Simon Heffer – columnist, upholder of tradition, chief constable of Her Majesty's grammar police – departed, "by mutual consent", to pursue interests academic.
Hugh Muir's Diary 2011
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Pacquiaos upholder Bob Arum is open to creation the match up happen as prolonged as Floyd Mayweather Jr. handles negotiation in the professional manner as good as not in the media or papers.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Cuomo is the attorney general, the upholder of the law, as slimey as AIG was, they broke no laws.
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After feeling the pull of real concern and emotion, Visser retreats, returning to his role as an upholder of apartheid at home and at work.
Chronicling a World Apart Martin Rubin 2011
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Eleanor MorganRaylan's not the only upholder of the law with a strong criminal element in the family – it seems it's virtually a requirement of the job.
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One of them described the row as a "blemish" on the university's reputation as an upholder of freedom of expression.
Tony Kushner's honour restored by university board's unanimous vote 2011
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Pacquiaos upholder Bob Arum is open to creation the match up happen as prolonged as Floyd Mayweather Jr. handles negotiation in the professional manner as good as not in the media or papers.
Floyd Mayweather Sr. doesn't want his son to face Pacquiao | Now ... admin 2009
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