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  3. /maintainer

maintainer

UK/men'teinə/US/men'teinә/
B1

Definitions

n.

A person who maintains or looks after something

维护者;维修者

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
mainstay, remain, dwell
+
tainhold, keep
+
-erone who does, agent
=maintainer

maintain + -er = one who maintains. In tech it commonly means the person who keeps an open-source project running.

Root tain still carries 87 more words

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She is the lead maintainer of the open-source library.

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