Up*hold"er (?), n. [Up + holder. Cf. Upholsterer.]
1.
A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.
[Obs.]
2.
An undertaker, or provider for funerals.
[Obs.]
The upholder, rueful harbinger of death.
Gay.
3.
An upholsterer.
[Obs.]
4.
One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
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