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[ suh-stey-ner ] / səˈsteɪ nər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sustainer ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person or thing that sustains. Rocketry. - any stage of a multistage rocket or guided missile that sustains flight after the burnout of the booster.
- the rocket engine or cluster of engines contained in such a stage.
Origin of sustainerFirst recorded in 1350–1400, sustainer is from the Middle English word sosteynere.See sustain, -er1 Words nearby sustainersustainable agriculture, sustainably, sustained-action tablet, sustained-release, sustained yield, sustainer, sustaining pedal, sustaining program, sustenance, sustentacular, sustentacular cell Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sustainerA suffocating silence filled the Sustainer Theater on LSA Anaconda in Iraq. The Names You Don’t Hear: Nearly 200 Women Have Died in Iraq and Afghanistan|Kate Hoit|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST He is not the simple aggregate of all laws, but he is the Author, and Sustainer, and Substance of all laws. Christianity and Greek Philosophy|Benjamin Franklin Cocker He says also that He is not a creature, but the Sustainer of all things. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews|Thomas Charles Edwards He was raised from the dungeon to be ruler over the land of Egypt, and the preserver and sustainer of his brethren. Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II|Charles Henry Mackintosh
Thus the star was not only the Great Mother of all, but the sustainer of all. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie They unite in the worship of one divine Creator and Sustainer of the universe. The Coming Race|Edward Bulwer Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for sustainer
nouna rocket engine that maintains the velocity of a space vehicle after the booster has been jettisoned Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sustainerpillar, backbone, bulwark, linchpin, benefactor, patron, advocate, promoter, backer, underwriter, supporter, clamp, splint, proponent, support, follower, defender, ally, guarantor, strength |