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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : meyn-teyn |
Phonetic Transcription : meɪnˈteɪn |
Definition of maintainer
Origin :- mid-13c., "to practice habitually," from Anglo-French meintenir (Old French maintenir, 12c.) "keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually," from Latin manu tenere "hold in the hand," from manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "to carry on, keep up" is from mid-14c.; that of "to keep oneself, to support" is from late 14c. Sense of "to defend in speech" is from mid-14c. Related: Maintained; maintaining; maintains.
- As in mainstay : noun chief support
- As in support/supporter : noun person who helps another
- The maintainer is like the Arab; he never refuses to entertain a guest.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- Yes, he said, that is quite what the maintainer of justice say.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- But the Maintainer was gone and the Void hadn't closed in, yet.
- Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
- Any person proved to be a maintainer or embracer shall forfeit 400s.
- Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
- I regarded my preserver with a higher feeling than a fond son may bear towards the mere author and maintainer of his existence.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The party which performed this service came into power as the maintainer of voluntary union.
- Extract from : « Thomas Jefferson » by Edward S. Ellis et. al.
- Tercio—and here's the real meat of it—the Place folds without the Maintainer.
- Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
- We'd got dry, were feeling human, Illy here had shed his swimsuit, when we looked at the Maintainer.
- Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
- If we could have, we'd have even Introverted the Maintainer, broken all the ties that bind us, chanced it incommunicado.
- Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
- Not me, though—I was still grateful to the Maintainer for getting me out of that spot, whatever other it had got us all into.
- Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
Synonyms for maintainer
- adherent
- advocate
- ally
- anchor
- angel
- apologist
- backbone
- backer
- benefactor
- brace
- bulwark
- buttress
- champion
- cohort
- comforter
- confederate
- coworker
- crutch
- defender
- disciple
- endorser
- espouser
- exponent
- expounder
- fan
- follower
- friend
- good right arm
- helper
- linchpin
- mainstay
- maintainer
- partisan
- patron
- pillar
- preserver
- prop
- proponent
- right-hand person
- satellite
- second
- sinew
- sponsor
- staff
- stalwart
- standby
- stay
- strength
- subscriber
- supporter
- sustainer
- tower of strength
- upholder
- well-wisher
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