/ ʌpˈhəʊlstərə(r); NAmE -ˈhoʊl-/ noun
a person whose job is to upholster furniture
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from the obsolete noun upholster (from uphold in the obsolete sense keep in repair) + -ster .
/ ʌpˈhəʊlstərə(r); NAmE -ˈhoʊl-/ noun
a person whose job is to upholster furniture
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from the obsolete noun upholster (from uphold in the obsolete sense keep in repair) + -ster .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005