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upholsterer

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up⋅hol⋅ster⋅er

[uhp-hohl-ster-er, uh-pohl-]
–noun
a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.

Origin:
1605–15; earlier upholster in same sense (see uphold, -ster ) + -er 1
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up·hol·ster·er   (ŭp-hōl'stər-ər, ə-pōl'-)   
n.  One that upholsters furniture.

[From obsolete upholster, from Middle English upholdester : upholden, to repair (up, up; see up + holden, to hold; see hold1) + -ster, -ster.]
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