[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maintainer \maintain"er\, n.
   one who maintains.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

maintainer
     n : someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of
         tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of
         democracy" syn: upholder, sustainer
see also:
upholder sustainer 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

maintainer
     
         the person responsible for coordinating changes to
        a package of software and arranging the distribution of
        updates.  the term usually applies only to free software
        where the maintainer often the author is doing it as a free
        public service.
     
        2001-01-27
     
     
see also:
software free software 

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