maintainer
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maintainer
- /meɪnˈteɪnə/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪnə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman maintenour, Old French mainteneor, from maintenir (“to maintain”); with later remodelling of the suffix after -er. By surface analysis, maintain + -er.
noun maintainers
- Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward. He become the maintainer of the software project.
- A person who does maintenance work. “In somm trouble. Got off trail to go to br. Now lost. Can u call AMC to c if a trail maintainer can help me. Somewhere north of woods road. Xox,” she wrote.
- A device used to keep teeth in a given position.
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noun someone who keeps or upholds something
| 中文 | 維護者 /维护者 wéihùzhě |
|---|---|
| Italiano | responsabile |
noun a person who does maintenance work
| Português | mantedor, mantedora, mantenedor |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Hauptentwickler |
| Italiano | manutentore |
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title = {maintainer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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