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Definition of Sustainer
1. Noun. Someone who upholds or maintains. "They are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
Generic synonyms: Admirer, Booster, Champion, Friend, Protagonist, Supporter
Derivative terms: Maintain, Sustain, Uphold, Uphold
Definition of Sustainer
1. n. One who, or that which, sustains.
Definition of Sustainer
1. Noun. One who sustains. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sustainer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sustainer
Literary usage of Sustainer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying, with a Dissertation on by James Bell Pettigrew (1883)
"The Wing acts as an Elevator, Propeller, and sustainer, both during extension
and flexion.—The wing, as has been explained, is recovered or drawn off the ..."
2. Christ in Creation and Ethical Monism by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1899)
"... that the Christian Church from the beginning has been the great advocate and
sustainer of education. The university has been the outgrowth of the church ..."
3. Christ in Creation and Ethical Monism by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1899)
"... and sustainer of education. The university has been the outgrowth of the
church, and though the university in these modern days so often forgets her ..."
4. The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. by William Ellery Channing (1894)
"the Creator and sustainer of the boundless universe is the Lover of persons.
And it unfolds, with utmost simplicity, the laws of order, — whereby the ..."
5. Design in Nature: Illustrated by Spiral and Other Arrangements in the by James Bell Pettigrew (1908)
"The Wing acts as an Elevator, Propeller, and sustainer, both during Extension
and Flexion. The wing, as has been explained ..."
6. Voices of the Soul Answered in God by John Reid (1866)
"CHAPTER 1Y, THE LAW BROKEN: THE DIVINE sustainer OF LAW. SECTION I. MAN A
TRANSGRESSOR OF LAW. THE above statement involves a number of distinct ..."
7. Outlines of Analogical Philosophy: Being a Primary View of the Principles by George Field (1839)
"... and of which God is the sovereign source, sustainer, and supreme end. THE END.
... sustainer ..."
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