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maintainor

maintainor noun: one who, not being an interested party, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.

Noun

maintainor (plural maintainors)

  1. One who, not being an interested party, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
    • […]as well the receptor and maintainor, as that rebel or person so recepted, or maintained, be taken, reputed and adjudged1786, James G. Butler, The Statutes at Large

Forms of maintainor

pluralmaintainors

Origin of maintainor

Old French mainteneor, French mainteneur.

Questions about maintainor

What does maintainor mean?
Maintainor means one who, not being an interested party, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
What part of speech is maintainor?
Maintainor is a noun.
What is the plural of maintainor?
The plural of maintainor is maintainors.

Words near maintainor in the dictionary

  1. maintainest
  2. maintaineth
  3. maintaining
  4. maintaining appearances
  5. maintainment
  6. maintainor
  7. maintainors
  8. maintains
  9. maintains appearances
  10. maintenance
  11. maintenance hole

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