bolsterer
(ˈbəʊlstərə(r))
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who bolsters up (anything); a supporter, upholder. (Generally in bad sense.)
| 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cccl. 561 Who durst begyn suche a ryot..without some bolsterer or comforter in their dede. 1552 Latimer Serm. Lincoln ii. 75 Magistrates ought not to be bolsterers and bearers with wickedness. 1640 A. Harsnet God's Summons 224 Enemies would have said that God had beene a Bolsterer and Patron of Sinne. |
2. Cf. bolster v. 6.
| ? a 1600 Hye way Spyttel Ho. 831 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 60 Incestes, harlots, bawdes and bolsterers. |