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⇱ Upholsterer - Etymology, Origin & Meaning

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Origin and history of upholsterer

upholsterer(n.)

"tradesman who finishes or repairs articles of furniture" (1610s, perhaps late 15c.), from upholdester (early 15c.; early 14c. as a surname), which is formed from the agent suffix -ster + uphold (v.).

In Middle English uphold (v.) also was "to repair, keep from falling or sinking," which might be the notion in the furniture-stuffing aspect of the noun upholdester. But Middle English also had a noun upholder "dealer in small goods" (c. 1300), in which the notion is perhaps one who "undertakes" or "carries on" a business.

also from 1610s

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c. 1200, upholden, "support, sustain" someone or something physically, from up (adv.) + hold (v.). The sense of "maintain, guarantee" (a statement, a fact) is by 1520s; the meaning "maintain in good condition or repair" is from 1570s. Compare hold-up. Related: Upheld; upholding; upholder. Similar formation in Old Frisian upholda, Middle Dutch ophouden, German aufhalten.

"provider of food or provisions," mid-15c., earlier simply cater (see cater (v.)). With redundant -er (compare poulterer, sorcerer, upholsterer).

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