Maintainer

//meɪnˈteɪnə// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward.

    "He become the maintainer of the software project."

  2. 2
    someone who upholds or maintains wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who does maintenance work.

    "“In somm trouble. Got off trail to go to br. Now lost. Can u call AMC to c if a trail maintainer can help me. Somewhere north of woods road. Xox,” she wrote."

  4. 4
    A device used to keep teeth in a given position.

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abettoradmireradvocateaficionadoangelapologist

Example

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"Jesus is the author of life, the creator of all things and the maintainer of the universe."

Etymology

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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