sustainer

[ suh-stey-ner ]

/ səˈsteɪ nər /

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noun

a person or thing that sustains.

Rocketry.

any stage of a multistage rocket or guided missile that sustains flight after the burnout of the booster.
the rocket engine or cluster of engines contained in such a stage.

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Origin of sustainer

First recorded in 1350–1400, sustainer is from the Middle English word sosteynere.See sustain, -er¹

Words nearby sustainer

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How to use sustainer in a sentence

Everyone, all the builders and sustainers and stakeholders, wants better.
The WNBA once worried about survival. Now it has a bolder vision.|Jerry Brewer|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
Over the same period, the market capitalization of sustainers dropped by a similar amount.
Wall Street’s fixation on quick profits wreaking havoc in the ‘real’ economy, report says|Christopher Ingraham|April 2, 2021|Washington Post
A suffocating silence filled the Sustainer Theater on LSA Anaconda in Iraq.
The Names You Don’t Hear: Nearly 200 Women Have Died in Iraq and Afghanistan|Kate Hoit|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not only is the sun the giver and sustainer of life, but it is also the light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Communism and Christianism|William Montgomery Brown

To whom belongs this rôle of educator, protector, sustainer?
Elements of Morals|Paul Janet
He was not denying any 'All-embracer and All-sustainer,' for he knew of none such.
Is Life Worth Living?|William Hurrell Mallock
The people of Crete adored her as the Great Mother, more especially in her signification as the sustainer of the vegetable world.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome|E.M. Berens
He was the sustainer of the universe, the lawgiver, the god of moral rectitude, and the sublime sovereign of gods and men.
Indian Myth and Legend|Donald Alexander Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for sustainer

sustainer

/ (səˈsteɪnə) /

noun

a rocket engine that maintains the velocity of a space vehicle after the booster has been jettisoned

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