maintainor

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noun

One who, not being an interested party, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.

OriginOld French mainteneor ← French mainteneur →
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Meanings

nounmaintainor (plural maintainors)

plural maintainors

  1. lawOne who, not being an interested party, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.

    […]as well the receptor and maintainor, as that rebel or person so recepted, or maintained, be taken, reputed and adjudged

    1786, James G. Butler, The Statutes at Large

Origin

  1. Frenchmainteneur
  2. Old Frenchmainteneor
  3. Englishmaintainor

Old French mainteneor, French mainteneur.

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APA

maintainor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maintainor

MLA

“maintainor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maintainor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maintainor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maintainor.

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