upholder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who upholds or maintains
    maintainer; sustainer.
    • firm upholders of tradition
    • they are sustainers of the idea of democracy

WordNet

Up*hold"er noun
Etymology
Up + holder. Cf. Upholsterer.
Definitions
  1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. Obs.
  2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals. Obs.
    The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. Gay.
  3. An upholsterer. Obs.
  4. One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.

Webster 1913