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maintainer

main·tai·ner

UK/meɪnˈteɪnə/ uncommon

noun

1.

someone who upholds or maintains

  • “firm upholders of tradition”
  • “they are sustainers of the idea of democracy”
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Origin

From Anglo-Norman maintenour, Old French mainteneor, from maintenir (“to maintain”); with later remodelling of the suffix after -er. By surface analysis, maintain + -er.

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