upholder
Example Sentences
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“Questioners don’t like to be questioned,” Ms. Rubin, a proud Upholder, said.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2017
How, Sir? then I'm undone, she's the Upholder of my Calling, the very Grace of my Function.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
The Upholder is really an upholster, or upholsterer, who now supplies furniture, beds, and such-like goods.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
Samek said: "O Lord, may it be Thy will to begin the creation with me, for Thou art called Samek, after me, the Upholder of all that fall."
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta
Through its very centre, and as though supporting it, pierces the gnarled trunk of a walnut tree, reminding one of Ygdrasil, the Upholder of the Universe.
From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.
