"maintainer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /meɪnˈteɪnə/ [UK] Forms: maintainers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ) Etymology: From Anglo-Norman maintenour, Old French mainteneor, from maintenir (“to maintain”); with later remodelling of the suffix after -er. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{uder|en|xno|maintenour}} Anglo-Norman maintenour, {{uder|en|fro|mainteneor}} Old French mainteneor, {{m|fro|maintenir||to maintain}} maintenir (“to maintain”), {{m|en|-er}} -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} maintainer (plural maintainers)
  1. Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward. Categories (topical): People Translations (someone who keeps or upholds something): responsabile [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-maintainer-en-noun-fw7hs3WZ Disambiguation of People: 31 31 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 46 37 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 46 38 Disambiguation of 'someone who keeps or upholds something': 85 12 3
  2. A person who does maintenance work. Categories (topical): People Translations (a person who does maintenance work): hooldaja (Estonian), manutentore [masculine] (Italian), mantedor [masculine] (Portuguese), mantedora [feminine] (Portuguese), mantenedor [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-maintainer-en-noun--rkNdcKl Disambiguation of People: 31 31 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 46 37 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 46 38 Disambiguation of 'a person who does maintenance work': 6 94 1
  3. (dentistry) A device used to keep teeth in a given position. Categories (topical): Dentistry, People
    Sense id: en-maintainer-en-noun-c9~pFw-V Disambiguation of People: 31 31 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 46 37 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 46 38 Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: maintenance

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