Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sustainer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sustainer \Sus*tain"er\, n.
One who, or that which, sustains. --Waterland.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sustainer
n : someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of
tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of
democracy" [syn: {upholder}, {maintainer}]
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