maintainer

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman maintenour, Old French mainteneor, from maintenir (“to maintain”); with later remodelling of the suffix after -er.

noun

  1. Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward.
    He become the maintainer of the software project.
  2. A person who does maintenance work.
    RAIB looked at why the washers were missing. This took it into the relationship between the wagon's owner and maintainers. January 26 2022, Philip Haigh, “The 'holes in the Swiss cheese' that led to train derailment”, in RAIL, number 949, page 46
  3. (dentistry) A device used to keep teeth in a given position.

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