upholder (n)
maintainer (n)
sustainer (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def someone who upholds or maintains
examples firm upholders of tradition
they are sustainers of the idea of democracy
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Hypernym supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
Derivationally related form sustainer → sustain
Derivationally related form maintainer → maintain
Derivationally related form upholder → uphold
Derivationally related form upholder → uphold
Incoming links
Hyponym supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
Derivationally related form uphold → upholder
Derivationally related form sustain → sustainer
Derivationally related form uphold → upholder
Derivationally related form maintain → maintainer

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