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- noun Plural form of
maintainer .
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From the banditti, called maintainers, who, in different counties, supported themselves by plunder, and, arming in defence of each other, set at defiance all the provisions of the law; and 4.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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One of the chief of these "maintainers," or receivers of stolen property, was Lord O'Sullivan, or the Sulivan Bere of Berehaven.
The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Philip Gosse 1919
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For example, much controversy surrounds the interpretation of the 34th verse of Surah an-Nisa 'in the Qur'an which states that men are the "maintainers" of women.
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Even in good conditions, the railroad sends a team of six mechanics and maintainers for each opening to make sure the bridge closes properly.
Troubled Bridges Over Water Andrew Grossman 2011
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Which makes me wonder something else: If someone known to have disagreed with the Webcomics. com hosts and maintainers virulently in the past wanted to subscribe, would the site accept their payment, or do they retain the right to “refuse service”?
Webcomics.com Terms of Service Posted, Forum Archive Opened » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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More precisely, it was the Air National Guard, including aircraft, crews and maintainers from the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Refueling Wing, among other states' Guardsmen, which performed that mission.
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"You had bus operators, track workers, signal maintainers reading the newspaper today with a better grasp of what the MTA was going to do with the negotiation than the negotiating committee of the union and the leadership of the union," he said.
Union Terms MTA Tactics 'An Outrage' Andrew Grossman 2012
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Others might find your work repetitive; after all, caretakers/maintainers typically perform the same tasks over and over again.
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In the case of chess, the maintainers of an online chess site have equal access to the programs chess players would be tempted to use to cheat.
Singularity Watch, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Incidentally, San Diego has also decided to take action against the installers and maintainers of their red light camera system, having experienced some of the same problems Los Angeles has just revealed.
Steve Parker: It's Official: "Red Light Cameras" Don't Work Steve Parker 2010
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