Upholder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Upholder is a noun meaning Someone who upholds something.
Meaning
Someone who upholds something.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholdster.
Example Sentences
an upholder of ethical principles
Libraries have been burnt and whole religious movements wiped out because their belief and myths have been considered to be of dubious origin by the upholders of orthodoxy[.]
Word Forms
- upholders
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include upbearer, upholdster, stayer, maintainer, upholster, upstander.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.