upholder
Noun
Meaning
A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.
An undertaker, or provider for funerals.
An upholsterer.
One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
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The comic strip: upholder of Homeric culture.
China will always remain the builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and upholder of international order.
But a series of senior Conservatives have expressed dismay, warning the move risks undermining Britain’s standing and reputation as an upholder of international law.
“If after years of ‘sadhana’ one cannot even distinguish oneself as the upholder of India’s ancient traditions, as one enters into college, why then would anyone want to put in so many years of sweat and hard work, that the arts demand,” they had written.