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单词 upholder
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upholdern.

Brit. /ʌpˈhəʊldə/, U.S. /ˌəpˈhoʊldər/
Forms: Also Middle English upheldere, vpholdere, 1500s opholder; Middle English, 1500s Scottish uphalder, Middle English northern uppalder.
Etymology: < uphold v. (in sense 1 apparently in the sense of ‘to keep in repair’). Compare Middle Danish op(pe)holdere in sense 2.
1.
a. A dealer in small wares or second-hand articles (of clothing, furniture, etc.); a maker or repairer of such things. Obsolete.
b. = upholsterer n. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods
upholder1333
upholster1411
broker1583
junkman1838
third-hand dealer1863
junker1889
junkie1902
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things
soaper?c1225
oilman1275
smear-monger1297
upholder1333
basket-seller?1518
broom-seller?1518
upholster1554
rod-woman1602
starchwoman1604
pin manc1680
colour seller1685
potato-woman1697
printseller1700
rag-seller1700
Greenwich barber1785
sandboy1821
iceman1834
umbrella man1851
fly-boy1861
snuff-boxera1871
pedlar1872
snake-boy1873
bric-a-brac man1876
tinwoman1884
resurrectionist1888
butch1891
paanwallah1955
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of furniture or furnishings > [noun] > upholsterer
coucher1415
upholsterer1613
upholster1666
upholder1761
bug hunter1788
1333 Will of Robert de Reppes 18 June Quod perquisivi de Thoma Drie upholdere.
1356 in Riley Mem. London 282 Stephen Basham, lockyer, and Adam Wayte, upheldere.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 168 A Ropere, a Redyng-kyng, and Rose þe disschere,..And of vp holders an hep.
1377 Rolls of Parl. III. 9 A null Mercer, Coteller, Jualer, Uphalder, ne a nul autre denszein ne forein.
1417 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1912) I. 183 That na uppalder wyrk in Girdelecrafte.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 512/2 Vpholdere, þat sellythe smal thyngys, velaber.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 19 To the..greate rebuke and disclaunder to the seid Crafte of Upholders.
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 154 [In] this lane.., in the raigne of Henry the sixt, had ye for the most parte dwelling Fripperers or Upholders, that solde olde apparell and housholde stuffe.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 449/2 Such..was of old the Vpholders, or Vpholsteres Arms of Chester.
1711 Act 10 Anne c. 19 §84 All..Drapers, Mercers, Upholders,..having..any Stock of..Silks.
1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 244 I did not like the furniture,..so I..have bespoke new of an upholder.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. 155 An upholder just now advertises Commodes, Console-tables,..and Chiffoniers.
1812 Ann. Reg., Chron. 121 Messrs Wilkinsons, upholders,..having of late been frequently robbed of feathers.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 53 Upholstery:..Stuffer. Upholder. Upholsterer's Spring Maker.
1910 Daily Chron. 9 Mar. 4/7 I have seen ‘Carpenter and Upholder’ on the signboard of a shop in a Surrey village.
c. An undertaker. Obsolete in general use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > undertaker
undertaker1698
upholder1709
death-hunter1723
black master1823
funeral director1834
mortician1895
black man1927
thanatologist1972
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 99. ⁋4 I..shall give my good Friends the Company of Upholders, full Power to bury all such Dead as they meet with.
1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 347 Th' Upholder, rueful Harbinger of Death, Waits with Impatience for the dying Breath.
1724 J. Swift Reasons against Exam. Drugs ⁋5 The company exercising the trade and mistery of upholders.
1903 Daily Chron. 8 Apr. 5/2 A large glass sign describing the owners as ‘upholders’, whereas other evidence shows them to be ‘undertakers’.
2.
a. A supporter, sustainer, or maintainer (of a thing or person).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who
uptakera1340
holder-upc1374
upbearer1387
bearera1398
undernimmera1400
weighera1400
upholderc1403
ally1406
allya1431
godfather?1541
propper1549
tower of strength1549
backer1583
moyener?1591
backfriend1599
stayer1611
suppositor1629
susceptor1652
standby1712
bottle holder1788
understander1875
buddy1893
anchorman1895
backer-up1921
c1403 J. Lydgate Temple Glas 468 To ȝov my ladi, vpholder of my life, Mekeli I þanke.
1439 Coventry Leet Bk. 191 They ordeyn that..suche maner vpholders..be pursewed as they were persones sole.
1536 Storys & Prophesis Script. M ij b The Lorde lyueth, and blessyd be myne opholder.
1547 J. Bale (title) The first Examinacyon of Anne Askewe latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the Romysh popes vpholders.
1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. B4v I wyll not be theyr vpholder which lye sleeping and snorting in their charges.
1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie iii. iii. 12 For..God leaveth many things undone,..to preach this doctrine, that creatures are not his upholders.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 581 The said Duke..was an upholder of him and his unworthy doings.
1727 J. Swift Atlas in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 88 When the Weight of Kingdoms lies Too long, upon his single Shoulders, Sink down he must, or find Upholders.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 87 Intellect, and Thought alone can be our Upholder and Judge.
1840 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) V. x. 152 When was the power of the world an upholder of God's truth?
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxvii. 229 A reverence for him far deeper than that of his upholders.
b. Of things: A support, stay, or prop.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports
staffc1000
hold1042
source1359
legc1380
shorer1393
stabilimenta1398
upholder1398
sustentationa1400
undersetterc1400
bearinga1425
undersettinga1425
suppowellc1430
triclinec1440
sustentaclec1451
supportera1475
sustainerc1475
sustenal1483
stayc1515
buttress1535
underpinning1538
firmament1554
countenance1565
support1570
appuia1573
comfort1577
hypostasis1577
underpropping1586
porter1591
supportation1593
supportance1597
understaya1603
bearer1607
rest1609
upsetter1628
mountinga1630
sustent1664
underlay1683
holdfast1706
abutment1727
suppeditor1728
mount1739
monture1746
bed1793
appoggiatura1833
bracing1849
bench1850
under-pinner1859
bolster-piece1860
sustainer1873
table mount1923
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. liv It nedeþ to haue so many vndursettinges and vpholders þat suche a beeste may þe [more] ablelich..meue and goo.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxi. 8) Gentlenesse and faithfulnes are ye trew upholders of kingdomes.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 117 Wheate flower..is the principall naturall vpholder of the life and health of man.
1730 J. Southall Treat. Buggs 40 Two Upholders drove into the Wainscot or Wall.
1884 A. Ross Talk upon Hair 21 A thick Indiarubber ankle upholder, over which is worn the boot and sock.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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