maintainer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward.
  2. A person who does maintenance work.
  3. A device used to keep teeth in a given position.

Pronunciation

/meɪnˈteɪnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-maintainer.wav

Word forms

maintainer maintainers

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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