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