upholsterer

English

From upholster (noun) +‎ -er,[1][2] from Middle English upholdester, upholster, from Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”). Equivalent to uphold +‎ -ster +‎ -er.

upholsterer (plural upholsterers)

Someone who upholsters furniture, especially a trained craftsman who does so as an occupation.

a craftsman who upholsters furniture

Arabic: مُنَجِّد (munajjid)
Czech: čalouník (cs) m, čalounice f
Dutch: stoffeerder (nl) m
French: tapissier (fr) m, tapissière (fr) f, tapissier garnisseur m, tapissière garnisseuse f
German: Polsterer (de) m, Polsterin (de) f, Tapezierer (de) m, Tapeziererin (de) f
Hungarian: kárpitos (hu)
Italian: tappezziere (it) m, tappezziera f, apparatore m, apparatrice f
Maori: kaiwhakapuru, kaiwahakapurupuru
Polish: tapicer (pl) m
Portuguese: estofador m, estofadora f, tapeceiro (pt) m, tapeceira f
Romanian: tapițer (ro) m
Russian: обо́йщик (ru) m (obójščik), драпиро́вщик (ru) m (drapiróvščik)
Slovene: tapetnik m, tapetničarka f
Spanish: tapicero m, tapicera f
Swedish: tapetserare (sv) c, dekoratör (sv) c (often prefixed, e.g. wth möbel-)
Turkish: ferraş

James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Upholsterer”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 2: “f. Upholster sb. + -er¹ 3.”
“upholsterer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.: “earlier upholster in same sense (see uphold, -ster) + -er¹”

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