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Upholder

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up·hold  (p-hld)
tr.v. up·held (-hld), up·hold·ing, up·holds
1. To hold aloft; raise: upheld the banner proudly.
2. To prevent from falling or sinking; support.
3. To maintain or affirm against opposition. See Synonyms at support.
up·holder n.
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Noun1.upholder - someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
maintainer, sustainer
admirer, booster, protagonist, supporter, champion, friend - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"


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The Popes have long been the patrons and preservers of art, just as our new, practical Republic is the encourager and upholder of mechanics.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
I support the man who supports their claims; not the virtuous upholder of the wrong.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Ask nothing of men, and, in the endless mutation, thou only firm column must presently appear the upholder of all that surrounds thee.
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