Up‐hold″er (?), n. [Up + holder. Cf. Upholsterer.]
1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.
2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals.
The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. Gay.
3. An upholsterer.
4. One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.