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plural maintainers
Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward. quotations examples
Blessed are the maynteyners of peace: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], Matthew ]
A person who does maintenance work. quotations examples
RAIB looked at why the washers were missing. This took it into the relationship between the wagon's owner and maintainers.
2022 January 26, Philip Haigh, “The 'holes in the Swiss cheese' that led to train derailment”, in RAIL, number 949, page 46
(dentistry) A device used to keep teeth in a given position. examples