upholster
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”),[1] from Middle English upholdester, from Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold + -ster.
Verb[edit]
upholster (third-person singular simple present upholsters, present participle upholstering, simple past and past participle upholstered)
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Translations[edit]
fit padding etc. to furniture
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English upholdester, upholster; equivalent to uphold + -ster.[2]
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Noun[edit]
upholster (plural upholsters)
- (archaic) An upholder, a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.
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References[edit]
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Upho·lster, v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “Back-formation from Upholsterer or Upholstery.”
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “† Upho·lster, sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “f. Uphold v. + -ster.”
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