What does "upholder" mean?
Upholder: An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.] The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. Gay.
Additional senses
- 2.An upholsterer. [Obs.]
- 3.One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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