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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[A substitution for older

upholder

, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also written

upholster

upholdster

. See

, and

One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.

Upholsterer bee

(Zool.)

See

Poppy bee

, under

Noun.

[from up and hold.] One who furnishes houses with beds, curtains and the like.