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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Maintainer, Mantainer, -tenner, n. [e.m.E. maintainer (1503), mayntayner.] = Maintenar n. —(a) 1638 Nat. Covenant.
The maintainers of the priests(b) 1672 Justiciary Rec. II. 122.
Mantainer ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. III. 53.(c) a1578 Pitsc. I. 37/10.
Mantenneris of … iustice
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