upholsterer

[uhp-hohl-ster-er, uh-pohl-]

noun

1. a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.

upholsterer

/ ʌpˈhəʊlstərə /

noun

1. a person who upholsters furniture as a profession

Other Word Forms

• reupholsterer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of upholsterer¹

1605–15; earlier upholster in same sense ( uphold, -ster ) + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of upholsterer¹

C17: from upholster small furniture dealer; see _uphold , _-ster , _-er ¹

Example Sentences

“No 23-year-old is like ‘I want to be an upholsterer when I get out of school,’” said Bennett.

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“We’re learning that a huge number of top furniture makers and upholsterers in America were Black men,” he said.

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Royal household upholsterer Stephen Mills is among those who have helped get the Gold State Coach ready, repairing and replacing the sun-faded crimson silk satin on the interior.

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His father, who started as an upholsterer, moved the family to the farm when David was 4; everyone worked on the land.

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In a cast of characters who are corrupt and wicked in various shades of gray, this humble upholsterer is here to remind viewers what uncompromising goodness actually looks like.

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