Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maintainor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: main-tain-or
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Old French mainteneor, French mainteneur.

Inflected Forms

maintainors (plural)

Questions

What does maintainor mean?: One who, not being an interested party, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
Where does maintainor come from?: Old French mainteneor, French mainteneur.

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