maintainer

Pronunciation: /meɪnˈteɪnə/

The English word “maintainer” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward.
A person who does maintenance work.
A device used to keep teeth in a given position.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman maintenour, Old French mainteneor, from maintenir (“to maintain”); with later remodelling of the suffix after -er. By surface analysis, maintain + -er.

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