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upholsterer definition

up·hol·sterer (-stər ər)

noun

a person whose business is upholstering furniture

Etymology: altered < ME upholdster, altered < upholder, dealer in small or secondhand wares < upholden, to repair (< up-, up- + holden, to keep, hold): see -ster

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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