"maintainer" meaning in English

See maintainer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 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): 維護者 (Chinese Mandarin), 维护者 (wéihùzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), responsabile [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-maintainer-en-noun-fw7hs3WZ Disambiguation of People: 49 50 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 28 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 35 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 39 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 38 45 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: 49 50 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 28 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 35 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 19 49 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 39 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 38 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 49 33 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
    Sense id: en-maintainer-en-noun-c9~pFw-V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 33 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 28 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 35 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 39 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 38 45 Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: maintenance

Inflected forms

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